Add IPC address parser helper

2 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/app/lib/backend.js b/app/lib/backend.js
index e159ca51df..dbb807bd9f 100644
--- a/app/lib/backend.js
+++ b/app/lib/backend.js
@@ -66,6 +66,23 @@ export class BackendError extends Error {
 
 }
 
+export type IpcCredentials = {
+  connectionString: string,
+  sharedSecret: string,
+};
+
+export function parseIpcCredentials(data: string): ?IpcCredentials {
+  const [connectionString, sharedSecret] = data.split('\n', 2);
+  if(connectionString && sharedSecret) {
+    return {
+      connectionString,
+      sharedSecret,
+    };
+  } else {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Backend implementation
  */
diff --git a/test/mocks/ipc.js b/test/mocks/ipc.js
index 472811ef4c..fc5dede75e 100644
--- a/test/mocks/ipc.js
+++ b/test/mocks/ipc.js
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ export function newMockIpc() {
   const mockIpc: IpcFacade & MockIpc = {
 
     setConnectionString: (_str: string) => {},
+    authenticate: (_sharedSecret) => {
+      return new Promise(r => r());
+    },
     getAccountData: (accountToken) => {
       return new Promise(r => r({
         accountToken: accountToken,