puter.ui.parentApp()GUI

Obtain a connection to the app that launched this app.

Syntax 

puter.ui.parentApp()

Parameters

puter.ui.parentApp() does not accept any parameters.

Return value

An AppConnection to the parent, or null if there is no parent app.

Examples 

<html>
<body>
    <script src="https://js.puter.com/v2/"></script>
    <script>
        const parent = puter.ui.parentApp();
        if (!parent) {
            alert('This app was launched directly');
        } else {
            alert('This app was launched by another app');
            parent.postMessage("Hello, parent!");
        }
    </script>
</body>
</html>

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