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chrome-tool

Compatible with Chrome 45 and higher. For older versions you might need to polyfill these:

• Object.assign
• Promise
• Map

Installation:

npm install chrome-tool --save

Tabs

import { Tabs } from 'chrome-tool';

The API works like chrome.tabs.* except that it returns promises.

Functions:

• Tabs.get(tabId: number): Promise
• Tabs.getCurrent(): Promise
• Tabs.create(createProperties): Promise
• Tabs.duplicate(tabId: number): Promise
• Tabs.query(queryInfo): Promise
• Tabs.highlight(highlightInfo): Promise
• Tabs.update(tabId?: number, updateProperties): Promise
• Tabs.move(tabIds: number | number[], moveProperties): Promise
• Tabs.reload(tabId?: number, reloadProperties?): Promise
• Tabs.remove(tabIds: number | number[]): Promise
• Tabs.detectLanguage(tabId?: number): Promise
• Tabs.captureVisibleTab(windowId?: number, options?): Promise
• Tabs.executeScript(tabId?: number, details): Promise
• Tabs.insertCSS(tabId?: number, object details): Promise
• Tabs.setZoom(tabId?: number, zoomFactor: number): Promise
• Tabs.getZoom(tabId?: number): Promise
• Tabs.setZoomSettings(tabId?: number, zoomSettings): Promise
• Tabs.getZoomSettings(tabId?: number): Promise

Events:

• Tabs.onCreated(callback): void
• Tabs.onUpdated(callback): void
• Tabs.onMoved(callback): void
• Tabs.onSelectionChanged(callback): void
• Tabs.onActiveChanged(callback): void
• Tabs.onActivated(callback): void
• Tabs.onHighlightChanged(callback): void
• Tabs.onHighlighted(callback): void
• Tabs.onDetached(callback): void
• Tabs.onAttached(callback): void
• Tabs.onRemoved(callback): void
• Tabs.onReplaced(callback): void
• Tabs.onZoomChange(callback): void

Custom functions:

• Tabs.getHighlighted(): Promise
• Tabs.getActive(): Promise
• Tabs.open(openerTab: { id: number }, url: string): Promise
• Tabs.count(): Promise
• Tabs.moveHighlighted(direction: number): Promise
• Tabs.moveToNewWindow(tabs: Tab[], incognito: boolean): Promise
• Tabs.moveToWindow(tabs: Tab[], targetWindowId: number): Promise
• Tabs.closeOthers(): Promise

Windows

import { Windows } from 'chrome-tool';

The API works like chrome.windows.* except that it returns promises.

Functions:

• Windows.get(windowId, getInfo?): Promise
• Windows.getCurrent(getInfo?): Promise
• Windows.getLastFocused(getInfo?): Promise
• Windows.getAll(getInfo?): Promise
• Windows.create(createData?): Promise
• Windows.update(windowId, updateInfo): Promise
• Windows.remove(windowId): Promise

Events:

• Windows.onCreated(callback): void
• Windows.onRemoved(callback): void
• Windows.onFocusChanged(callback): void

Custom functions:

• Windows.open(windows: string[][], reuseThreshold = 1): void
  • windows: 2-dimensional array of URLs to open as windows
  • reuseThreshold: Re-uses the current window if its number of tabs is less than or equal

Runtime

import { Runtime } from 'chrome-tool';

The API works like chrome.runtime.* except that it returns promises.

Functions:

• Runtime.getBackgroundPage(): Promise
• Runtime.openOptionsPage(): Promise
• Runtime.getManifest(): any
• Runtime.getURL(string path): string
• Runtime.setUninstallURL(url: string): Promise
• Runtime.reload(): void
• Runtime.requestUpdateCheck(): Promise
• Runtime.restart(): void
• Runtime.connect(extensionId?: string, connectInfo?): Port
• Runtime.connectNative(application: string): Port
• Runtime.sendNativeMessage(application: string, message): Promise
• Runtime.getPlatformInfo(): Promise
• Runtime.getPackageDirectoryEntry(): Promise

Modified functions (these work differently than described in Chrome's docs):

• sendMessage(operation: string, message): Promise
• onMessage(operation: string, callback): void

Events:

• Runtime.onStartup(callback): void
• Runtime.onInstalled(callback): void
• Runtime.onSuspend(callback): void
• Runtime.onSuspendCanceled(callback): void
• Runtime.onUpdateAvailable(callback): void
• Runtime.onConnect(callback): void
• Runtime.onConnectExternal(callback): void
• Runtime.onMessageExternal(callback): void
• Runtime.onRestartRequired(callback): void

StorageSync

import { StorageSync } from 'chrome-tool';

The API works like chrome.storage.sync.* except that it returns promises.

Functions:

• StorageSync.get(keys?: string | string[] | object): Promise
• StorageSync.getBytesInUse(keys?: string | string[]): Promise
• StorageSync.set(items): Promise
• StorageSync.remove(keys: string | string[]): Promise
• StorageSync.clear(): Promise

Events:

• StorageSync.onChanged(callback): void

BrowserAction

import { BrowserAction } from 'chrome-tool';

The API works like chrome.browserAction.* except that it returns promises.

Functions:

• BrowserAction.getTitle(details: object): Promise
• BrowserAction.getPopup(details: object): Promise
• BrowserAction.getBadgeText(details: object): Promise
• BrowserAction.getBadgeBackgroundColor(details: object): Promise
• BrowserAction.setTitle(details: object): void
• BrowserAction.setPopup(details: object): void
• BrowserAction.setBadgeText(details: object): void
• BrowserAction.setBadgeBackgroundColor(details: object): void
• BrowserAction.setIcon(details: object): Promise
• BrowserAction.enable(tabId?: number): void
• BrowserAction.disable(tabId?: number): void

Events:

• BrowserAction.onClicked(callback): void

Management

import { getExtensionInfo } from 'chrome-tool/management';

Functions:

• getExtensionInfo(): Promise
  • chrome.managment.getSelf()

Internationalization

import { getString } from 'chrome-tool/i18n';

• getString(name: string, substitution?: number | string): string
  • Slight improvement over the builtin chrome.i18n.getMessage
  • Read the implementation

ContextMenuItem

import { ContextMenuItem } from 'chrome-tool/i18n';

chrome.contextMenus.*

let item = new ContextMenuItem(id?: string, contexts?: string[], onclick?: function);
item.show();
item.hide();
item.setVisible(visibility: boolean);

Contributing

Download source and compile:

git clone [e-mail]:[USERNAME]/chrome-tool.git
make

Watch for changes and recompile:

make watch

Run tests:

npm test