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chrome extension using a content script to access the `window` object
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{ | |
"content_scripts": [ | |
{ | |
"matches": ["http://*/*", "https://*/*"], | |
"js": ["inject.js"], | |
"all_frames": true | |
} | |
], | |
"web_accessible_resources": [ | |
"content.js" | |
] | |
} |
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console.log(window); |
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/** | |
* injectScript - Inject internal script to available access to the `window` | |
* | |
* @param {type} file_path Local path of the internal script. | |
* @param {type} tag The tag as string, where the script will be append (default: 'body'). | |
* @see {@link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20499994/access-window-variable-from-content-script} | |
*/ | |
function injectScript(file_path, tag) { | |
var node = document.getElementsByTagName(tag)[0]; | |
var script = document.createElement('script'); | |
script.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript'); | |
script.setAttribute('src', file_path); | |
node.appendChild(script); | |
} | |
injectScript(chrome.extension.getURL('content.js'), 'body'); |
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Thanks for the info share here. Found out executeScript also does the trick.