Advanced

This article covers advanced usage of the bridge.

Calling Method, Receiving Event

The request function should be used when a developer needs to call a Telegram Mini Apps method and receive a specific event.

For example, to call the web_app_request_viewport method and catch the viewport_changed event for actual viewport data:

import { request } from '@telegram-apps/bridge';

await request('web_app_request_viewport', 'viewport_changed');
// {
//   is_state_stable: true,
//   is_expanded: false,
//   height: 320
// };

If the Telegram Mini Apps method accepts parameters, they should be passed in the params property of the third argument:

const { button_id } = await request('web_app_open_popup', 'popup_closed', {
  params: {
    title: 'Caution',
    message: 'Should we delete your account?',
    buttons: [
      { id: 'yes', type: 'ok' },
      { id: 'no', type: 'cancel' },
    ],
  },
});

It is also allowed to track several events at the same time:

await request(
  'web_app_open_scan_qr_popup',
  ['qr_text_received', 'scan_qr_popup_closed'],
);

// The result will either be the qr_text_received 
// or scan_qr_popup_closed event payload.

This function allows passing additional options such as postEvent, abortSignal, timeout, and capture.

postEvent

The postEvent option allows a developer to override the method used to call the Telegram Mini Apps method.

request('web_app_request_viewport', 'viewport_changed', {
  postEvent() {
    console.log('Hey, I am not going to do anything. Live with that');
  },
});

abortSignal

To abort the returned promise externally, the abortSignal option is used.

const controller = new AbortController();

request('web_app_request_viewport', 'viewport_changed', {
  abortSignal: controller.signal,
});

setTimeout(() => {
  controller.abort(new Error('Not going to wait anymore'));
}, 500);

timeout

The timeout option assigns a timeout to the request.

import { request } from '@telegram-apps/bridge';

try {
  await request(
    'web_app_invoke_custom_method',
    'custom_method_invoked',
    {
      timeout: 5000,
      params: {
        req_id: '1',
        method: 'deleteStorageValues',
        params: { keys: ['a'] },
      },
    },
  );
} catch (e) {
  console.error(e); // e.name will be 'TimeoutError'
}

capture

The capture property is a function that allows developers to determine if an occurred Mini Apps event should be captured and returned from the request function:

const slug = 'jjKSJnm1k23lodd';

request('web_app_open_invoice', 'invoice_closed', {
  params: { slug },
  capture(data) {
    return slug === data.slug;
  },
});

By default, the request function captures the first event with the required name. In this case, the function will capture the event only if it has the expected slug, specific for the invoice_closed event.

When passing an array of events, the capture function will receive an object with the event: EventName and payload?: EventPayload properties.

Invoking Custom Methods

Custom methods are those methods which can be used with the web_app_invoke_custom_method Mini Apps method.

The invokeCustomMethod function simplifies the usage of such methods by reusing the request function.

Here’s an example without using this function:

const reqId = 'ABC';

request('web_app_invoke_custom_method', 'custom_method_invoked', {
  params: {
    req_id: reqId,
    method: 'deleteStorageValues',
    params: { keys: ['a'] },
  },
  capture(data) {
    return data.req_id === reqId;
  }
})
  .then(({ data, error }) => {
    if (error) {
      throw new Error(error);
    }
    return data;
  })
  .then(data => {
    console.log('We got some data', data);
  });

Now, rewritten using the invokeCustomMethod function:

import { invokeCustomMethod } from '@telegram-apps/bridge';

invokeCustomMethod('deleteStorageValues', { keys: ['a'] }, 'ABC')
  .then(data => {
    console.log('We got some data', data);
  });

Internally, it just encapsulates a specific logic related to the methods, so a developer shouldn't do it.

Unlike the request function, the invokeCustomMethod function parses the result and checks if it contains the error property. If it does, the function throws the corresponding error; otherwise, the result property is returned.