Chrome extension advanced research
How to save a file into Downloads in a Chrome extension?
- Firstly, add these to
manifest.json
:{ "manifest_version": 2, "name": "Chrome extension example 1", "permissions": [ "downloads" ], "content_scripts": [ { "matches": ["*://www.google.com/"], "run_at": "document_idle" } ], "background": { "scripts": ["background.js"], "persistent": false }, }
- Secondly, add these to
background.js
: ```javascript /* jshint esversion: 6 / / jshint node: true */ ‘use strict’;
console.log(“===== Enter background.js ======”);
const url = ‘data:text/html;charset=utf-8,’ + ‘<html>test</html>’;
chrome.downloads.download({
url: url,
filename: ‘0_test.html’
});
console.log(“===== 0_test.html saved to Downloads
folder. ======”);
```
- Thirdly, verify the result. Whenever you visit
www.google.com
, you should see0_test.html
is saved intoDownloads
folder.