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google-chromegoogle-chrome-extension
Avni Yayin
Avni Yayin

Reputation: 469

Auto Refresh on load page failure

I'm trying to create an extension for chrome that auto refreshes the page when the page load is failed for any reason.

my manifest.json:

{ "browser_action" : { "default_icon" : "icon.png"
    },
  "description" : "Making your first Google Chrome extension.",
  "icons" : { "128" : "icon.png" },
  "name" : "Tutorialzine Extension",
  "version" : "1.0", 
  "permissions": [
     "webRequest",
     "tabs",
     "<all_urls>"
   ],
  "content_scripts": [
    {
      "matches": ["<all_urls>","http://*/*","https://*/*","*://*/*"],
      "js": ["myscript.js"],
      "run_at": "document_end"
    }
  ]
}

myscript.js :

chrome.webRequest.onErrorOccurred.addListener(function details){
    chrome.tabs.reload(details.tabId);
}

What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance!

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2675

Answers (1)

Konrad Dzwinel
Konrad Dzwinel

Reputation: 37913

Content scripts don't have access to most of chrome.* APIs. It's clearly stated in the docs:

However, content scripts have some limitations. They cannot:
- Use chrome.* APIs (except for parts of chrome.extension)

You should use a background page or event page instead.

Also chrome.webRequest.onErrorOccurred.addListener(function details) is not a valid JavaScript code. function keyword shouldn't be there. I believe you copied this code from docs, but in docs this type of pseudo-JavaScript is used only to describe function definition (what types of arguments it expects, what type of values does it return etc.).

Upvotes: 1

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