A Chrome Extension created using a template.
This extension will automatically override the new tab page. A single extension is limited to overriding only one of the three possible pages.
"chrome_url_overrides" : {
"newtab": "newtab.html"
},Just delete the above block from the manifest.json file to remove the entry point of this functionality. If you want to remove all references to this code, you'll also have to delete files from folder and references from webpack.
This extension supports the use of an options page.
"options_page": "options.html",Just delete the above block from the manifest.json file to remove the entry point of this functionality. If you want to remove all references to this code, you'll also have to delete files from folder and references from webpack.
An action is an icon that shows up in the toolbar. This extension will also show an action icon in the toolbar. This extension also supports the use of a popup window, which is a special window after the user clicks the action icon. It also registers a keyboard shortcut to open this action popup.
"action": {
"default_popup": "popup.html",
"default_title": "Open template popup"
},
"commands": {
"_execute_action": {
"suggested_key": {
"default": "Alt + Shift + L"
}
}
}Just delete the above block from the manifest.json file to remove the entry point of this functionality. If you want to remove all references to this code, you'll also have to delete files from folder and references from webpack.
This extension injects a content scripts into a website that matches the github.com domain. At this stage, it only prints a value to the console, but you can build on top of that pretty easily.
"content_scripts": [{
"matches": ["*://github.com/*"],
"js": ["content_scripts.js"]
}],Just delete the above block from the manifest.json file to remove the entry point of this functionality. If you want to remove all references to this code, you'll also have to delete files from folder and references from webpack.
This extension also comes baked in with a background script. This only listens for a single event at the moment and redirects the user to my website, but you should be able to build on top of this pretty easily.
"background": {
"service_worker": "background.js"
},Just delete the above block from the manifest.json file to remove the entry point of this functionality. If you want to remove all references to this code, you'll also have to delete files from folder and references from webpack.
This extension also comes baked in with two keyboard commands that will set different badges to the action icon. The background script contains the event listeners for this. This functionality is only provided for demo purpose only.
"commands": {
"turn-on": {
"suggested_key": {
"default": "Alt + Shift + M"
},
"description": "Adds an ON badge to the action icon."
},
"turn-off": {
"suggested_key": {
"default": "Alt + Shift + N"
},
"description": "Adds an OFF badge to the action icon."
}
}Just delete the above block from the manifest.json file to remove the entry point of this functionality. If you want to remove all references to this code, you'll also have to delete files from folder and references from webpack.
This extension support the omnibox feature which can be triggered by typing in @@ in the omnibox, i.e., Chrome's address bar. An event is added in the background script which will take the text value and open up 3 tabs to social media sites with the text value as the usernames. The background script contains the event listeners for this.
"omnibox": {
"keyword" : "@@"
}, Just delete the above block from the manifest.json file to remove the entry point of this functionality. If you want to remove all references to this code, you'll also have to delete files from folder and references from webpack.
This repo uses the chrome.storage.sync API to demonstrate a simple get and set of a storage value. To be able to use Chrome storage, we need to add it to the permissions list like the snippet below.
"permissions": [
"storage"
],Just delete the above block from the manifest.json file to remove the permissions and also all references to storage.
Run npm run build:prod first to produce production ready files in the dist folder. Follow these instructions to install this extension locally. Use the generated dist folder as the folder containing the extensions code to load. Once installed, the extension will take effect and you should be able to spot all the changes.
For front-end changes, like implementing UI updates on the options page, for example, after following the steps above, you could run npm run build and that will start webpack. Webpack will monitor for any changes to the code base, compile the changes and the next time you refresh the options page, you should see your new updates.
This repository includes a GitHub Workflow file which will build the solution, run tests and test coverage and also publish the extension to the Chrome Web Store.
You will need to add 4 secrets to your GitHub repository and the names should match the names the snippet below. Example, you should have a secret named CHROME_REFRESH_TOKEN in your GitHub repo for your Workflow file to have access to this. When you're ready, update publish: false to publish: true.
refresh-token: ${{ secrets.CHROME_REFRESH_TOKEN }}
client-id: ${{ secrets.CHROME_CLIENT_ID }}
client-secret: ${{ secrets.CHROME_CLIENT_SECRET }}
file-name: './extension.zip'
app-id: ${{ secrets.CHROME_APP_ID }}
publish: falseThe values for CHROME_REFRESH_TOKEN, CHROME_CLIENT_ID and CHROME_CLIENT_SECRET can be retrieved by following this guide.
To obtain the CHROME_APP_ID, you'll need to upload a version of your Chrome extension to the Chrome Web Store Developer Dashboard. This will create a draft version of your extension and generate an ID for you. Each extension gets a unique ID.
This repo has boilerplate icons and images which you'd want to replace with something apt to the extension you're building. Duplicate my Figma Chrome extension template to get started with your design requirements for your Chrome extension.
Developed by Clyde D'Souza
