Webworkers failed when using CDN

[crow02531]

I load Kekule.js from CDN.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/themes/default/kekule.css">
<script src="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/kekule.min.js"></script>

And I write down these codes in my page:

<script>
  Kekule.OpenBabel.enable(() => {
    chemViewer.setChemObjData('{"format": "smi", "data": "C1CCCCC1"}');
  }
</script>

Then it yields:

It seems setChemObjData launches a worker new Worker('https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/extra/kekule.worker.obStructureGenerator.js') and because I use a CDN it undoubtedly fails for Cross-Origin Policy.

I know that this could be fixed simply by installing Kakule.js in my server rather than using a CDN. However, it's a bug, and I hope it could be fixed.

Thanks.

PS: there's a little mistake in tutorial, <script src="https://unpkg.com/browse/[email protected]/dist/kekule.min.js"></script> won't work, <script src="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/kekule.min.js"></script> does.

[partridgejiang]

Hi @crow02531, thanks a lot for your correction to the tutorial. Now it has been fixed and republished.

that worker is used for SMILES to generate atom 2D or 3D coordinates and create correct layout of molecule for displaying in chemViewer. It may be a time-consuming job for large molecules, so an extra web worker is utilized to preventing it from blocking the main thread. To solve the your current issue, you can manually set the path of the worker, forcing it be loaded from localhost:

<script src="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/kekule.min.js"></script>
<script>
  Kekule.environment.setEnvVar('openbabel.path', 'http://localhost:4000/YourCustomPathToWorkerAndOpenBabelFiles/');
  Kekule.OpenBabel.enable(() => {
    chemViewer.setChemObjData('{"format": "smi", "data": "C1CCCCC1"}');
  }
</script>

However, such a solution also need to put somes of files of Kekule.js on your own server.

If the corrent layout for SMILES is not important (and the molecule is not needed to be displayed), you may use the IO apis to load it directly:

  Kekule.OpenBabel.enable(() => {
    let molecule = Kekule.IO.loadFormatData('C1CCCCC1', 'smi');
  }

By the way, if molecule data with explicit coordinates (e.g. MOL2k/3k, CML format) is loaded in chem viewer, the web worker will never be loaded.