Scope problem for sbots methods

[ameba23]

All sbot methods are called from within a callback from ssb-client.

I can call them from a function by passing the sbot object to it like so: (simplified)

var ssbClient = require('ssb-client')

function publishMessage(sbot, message,recipients) {
  sbot.private.publish(message,recipients,callback)
}

ssbClient(function (err, sbot) {

  publishMessage(sbot,'hello',{ alice, bob })
} )

But when i have a function called from elsewhere, for example an onclick="function()" event in the html, i have no opportunity to pass the sbot object to the function and so sbot's methods are out of scope.

I am wondering if i can get around this by wrapping ssb-client around electron's loadURL:

const electron = require('electron')
const app = electron.app

const BrowserWindow = electron.BrowserWindow

function createWindow () {
  mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({width: 800, height: 600})

  // put this inside ssb-clients callback?
  mainWindow.loadURL(`file://${__dirname}/../html/index.html`)

}

app.on('ready', createWindow)

but still there isnt a way to pass on the sbot object. Any ideas?