Is there a way to block or encrypt client script f...
# suitescriptd
David Na
12/30/2024, 8:23 AMIs there a way to block or encrypt client script file I don't want the user to see ?
for example, I have a development with client script (the main script) and I don't want the user or other developers to see it content.
I know for client script its pretty hard to that because its set on the browser but with all the experience in that forum did someone done something like this in the past?
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Anthony OConnor
12/30/2024, 4:57 PMit really depends how hard you want to try to hide it
Anthony OConnor
12/30/2024, 4:57 PMtechnically you can't the client script HAS to load onto the browser and has to execute there
Anthony OConnor
12/30/2024, 4:57 PMbut you can obscure it if you choose
Anthony OConnor
12/30/2024, 4:58 PMjust do a find and a replace on all your variables names and call them a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h so its really difficult to understand what is actually happening
Anthony OConnor
12/30/2024, 4:58 PMthat's probably the simplest way... you can get WAY more creative though, but I wouldn't advise it
Anthony OConnor
12/30/2024, 5:00 PM... other obvious things, simple things... delete all the comments and all the whitespace
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erictgrubaugh
12/30/2024, 5:54 PMThere are obfuscation tools that do this for you
erictgrubaugh
12/30/2024, 5:55 PMe.g. prettify.js, uglify.js
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Anthony OConnor
12/30/2024, 6:18 PMyeah i looked into those years ago and it wasn't 5 minutes to figure them out... find and replace and delete i can do in 5 mins 🙂
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erictgrubaugh
12/30/2024, 6:32 PM5 minutes - every time you publish a change to the client script.
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Anthony OConnor
12/30/2024, 6:39 PMyeah, ultimately my decision was... this is too much hassle 🙂 but if you need to do this consistently the time investment to figure out the obfuscation libraries is probably worth it.
Anthony OConnor
12/30/2024, 6:40 PMyou'd have to make it custom module too right? your base client script that is linked to the script record has to be NS readable
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erictgrubaugh
12/30/2024, 6:44 PMobfuscated code should still be readable by NS - it can't be encrypted or anything like that AFAIK
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Anthony OConnor
12/30/2024, 7:12 PMwhen you load the script into NS its gonna check for entry point names, if you've obfuscated those won't it throw an error?
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erictgrubaugh
12/30/2024, 7:27 PMYes, entry point names would have to remain, but since object property names are part of the public signature of the module, a minifier shouldn't touch them. Definitely have to confirm that though
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