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Tolga Ozses
Tolga Ozses

Reputation: 355

Multiple background scripts in a Google Chrome extension?

I've been tasked with creating a Google Chrome extension. So far, everything works fine. However, I would like to be able to use multiple background scripts (what I mean is
"background" : {"scripts" : ["background.js"]}, if what I'm talking about is unclear) rather than creating multiple extensions. Is this possible?

Regards,

Upvotes: 5

Views: 10707

Answers (2)

Xiao Guang
Xiao Guang

Reputation: 353

In manifest version3:

---------manifest.json

"background": {
    "service_worker": "bg-wrapper.js"
}

---------bg-wrapper.js
try {
  importScripts('background.js');
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

Upvotes: 14

0xcaff
0xcaff

Reputation: 13681

According to the documentation:

A background page will be generated by the extension system that includes each of the files listed in the scripts property.

So yes, it should work. Simply declare multiple scripts:

...
"background": {
  "scripts": [
    "background.js",
    "backgroundone.js",
    "backgroundtwo.js"
  ]
},
...

All of these scripts would work as if loaded into the same page; they will all share the same context.

Upvotes: 14

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