implemented first version of the modular IPC system

electron/main/preload.js

@@ -5,11 +5,39 @@ try {
         onFileDrop: (file) => webUtils.getPathForFile(file)
     })
     contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld("extractor", {
-        extract: (file) => ipcRenderer.send("extract", file)
+            extract: (file) => {
+
+let q =  // TODO get rid of this example code and have the actual json object be sent
+{
+    video: {
+        module: "extraction-video-to-audio", // The name of the module, idk if we ever implement other extraction modules, the default one is extraction-video-to-audio
+        inputVideoPath: file.inputVideoPath, // See script.js on line 27 for an example of what this should look like
+        outputType: file.outputType // The file format to be used for the audio output file, such as wav, mp3, flac and so on
+    },
+    transcription:{
+        module: "String" // The module name of the transcription model you want to use
+    },
+    document:{
+        module: "String", // The module name of the AI model you want to use to create the document
+        styles: [ // An array of all the document styles/prompts you want to have the document be processed with
+            {
+                prompt: "String",
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+}
+            // ipcRenderer.send("file_submit", {module:"extraction-video-to-audio", parameter:file})
+            ipcRenderer.send("file_submit", q)
+        }
     })
     contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld("electronAPI", {
         getFilePath: (file) => {return webUtils.getPathForFile(file)}
     })
+
+    ipcRenderer.on("progress", (event, resp) => {
+        alert(`Finished step ${resp.curstep} of ${resp.totalsteps}`)
+    })
+    ipcRenderer.on("error", (event, err) => {alert(err)})
 } catch (error) {
     console.log("Error in preload.js");
 }