Electron: WebView.getWebContents is undefined

[jnugh]

• Electron version: 1.3.3
• Operating system: Ubuntu Linux 16.04

When embedding a WebView, getWebContents returns undefined when being called on window load. I'm not sure if this is an actual bug or just a lack of documentation.

The documentation does not mention anything related as far as I can tell.

To verify this issue, I used this index.html in electron-quick-start

<!--[...]-->
  <script>
    window.addEventListener('load', () => {
      var webview = document.getElementById('testview');
      console.log('window load: ', webview.getWebContents()); //undefined

      webview.addEventListener('dom-ready', () => {
        console.log('webview dom-ready: ', webview.getWebContents()); //Object
      });
    });
  </script>
<!--[...]-->

[zcbenz]

The methods have to be used after the webview is loaded as documented:

Note: The webview element must be loaded before using the methods.