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 see 0_test.html is saved into Downloads folder.