Chrome extension for URL redirection

background.js

// credit http://stackoverflow.com/a/4859938
chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener(function(request, sender) {
    chrome.tabs.update(sender.tab.id, {url: request.redirect});
});

manifest.json

{
    "manifest_version": 2,
    "name": "URL Redirection",
    "version": "0.1",
    "content_scripts": [
        {
            "matches": [
                "https://www.yahoo.com"
            ],
            "js": ["redirect.js"]
        }
    ],
    "background": {
        "scripts": ["background.js"],
        "persistent": false
    }
}

redirect.js

// credit http://stackoverflow.com/a/4859938

// replace the URL in manifest.json line 8 with a set of source URLs you want to redirect from
// replace the URL below with the destination URL you want to redirect to
chrome.runtime.sendMessage({redirect: "https://finance.yahoo.com/"});