Is it possible to catch the request of a page before it is sent out? I would like to check and modify the data sent out. For example if I have a text box on a page and the form was submitted I would like to get to the data of the text box using the extention modify it and then send it on it's way. If any one can point me in the right d...
Is there a way to do this? I just want to be able to save, refresh the page, and have my changes show up like I do in Firefox. Having to drag it over and install it every time gets annoying. Any ideas? ...
Hi, Is there any extension for chrome which is similar to Hybridfox or Elasticfox? Regards, Allahbaksh ...
I'm adding sqlite support to a my Google Chrome extension, to store historical data. When creating the database, it is required to set the maximum size (I used 5MB, as suggested in many examples) I'd like to know how much memory I'm really using (for example after adding 1000 records), to have an idea of when the 5MB limit will be reac...
If I disable javascript on a site using Chrome's javascript settings, does this prevent extensions from running content scripts on it? ...
Hey, I'm currently developing a chrome extension, I need to access some http-auth protected resources (webdav). The HTTP auth is using (in the best case) a digest authentication. I'm able to do the auth directly in the ajax request using the https://login:[email protected]/path/to/ressource form. The issue is : if the login/password...
I want to trigger some code when page action or browser action popup gets closed. I tried listening to onunload and onbeforeunload events on <body> or window but they never fire. ...
Hi, I am new to the world of creating Chrome extensions. My extension will not require any type of UI. I would like the extension to run in the background and take note whenever a new tab is created and when a tab is closed. Later on I'd like the extension to do other things but I'll be happy with just receiving tab "close" and tab "...
I'm working on a Google chrome extension that basically hits our API to do a search and lists the results. We'd like the extension to have elevated API privileges (i.e. so it has access to data a regular user doesn't, and doesn't have the usual 200/requests a day limit), but we're not sure how to secure the API key used by the extension...
Hi, I'm writing a Chrome extension that needs to alter a popular web app when loaded. Unfortunately, most of the UI of that web app is rendered inside an iframe, and although the address of that iframe matches my content_scripts match declaration, the user script only gets invoked for the top frame. Q: Is there a method of accessing HT...
This may seem familiar, but I can't find anything about it...sure I've found stuff about "Unexpected Token Illegal," but these circumstances don't relate enough for those solutions to make sense. I have my background page, like so: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-tr...
I am trying to create a simple extension in chrome that appends the tab index number to the tab title. This is my first attempt at creating an extension so I don't have much experience. I would appreciate it if someone could point out what I am doing wrong. { //My manifest.json "name": "Tab Selector", "version": "1.0", "descript...
I've never done any Chrome extension development for, but I'd like to monitor how long a certain tab is active showing a page originating from a given domain. Where should I start? And perhaps there is already an extension tool for this? ...
I'm working on a Chrome Extension that uses WebSQL to store historical data. Being WebSQL, the DB is stored on the client. I'd like to add an option to export/import such data so that the user can share/use this data with other users, or with other PCs. These are my first steps on a client-only database, so I wonder how to do this. I ...
One Google Chrome extension displays a window with an image once in a while, how can I get the image from it with Cocoa? Basically there is a window and image inside it, and I need that image for my program. Thanks for reading! ...
Right now I'm in the process of creating a Chrome extension. For it, I need to use Google's Calendar Data API. Here is my manifest.json file: { "name": "Test", "version": "1.0", "background_page": "background.html", "content_scripts": [ { "matches": ["<all_urls>"], "js": ["jquery.js", "content_script.js"] } ], "permissio...
I have been writing a Google Chrome extension for Stack Exchange (http://goo.gl/iWo0). It's a simple extension that allows you to keep track of your reputation and get notified of comments on Stack Exchange sites. Currently I've encountered with some issues that I can't handle myself. My extension uses Google App Engine as its back-end ...
I'm trying to create a Chrome extension that is a replacement for the Delicious bookmarklet. I know there's already an extension that does it, but the problem with that extension is that after you bookmark a site, the popup window stays open (as opposed to using the bookmarklet, where the popup closes itself after submitting the form. I ...
I'm developing a chrome extension for twitter.com users. I need to trigger click event for the "new tweet" link using jQuery (javascript) but I couldn't can anyone help? $("#new-tweet").trigger('click'); // not working :( ...
Hi everyone, Is there any way to retrieve a page's javascript variables from a Google Chrome Content Script? Thanks in advance! :) ...