CODEWITHSUNDEEP
google-chrome-extension
Katerina
Katerina

Reputation: 364

Get chrome extension's id using extension's name

I have a extension which I loaded in google chrome. Now I'm writting a script from which I want to get the extension's id according to the extension's name. In this case, the extension is like a server and my script in java project is the client. I need is to get the id of the extension outside, from external project

Upvotes: 2

Views: 5310

Answers (1)

0xcaff
0xcaff

Reputation: 13681

Your extension id is supposed to remain static; It should never change, even when developing. You can simply keep a global variable.

var idOfOtherApplication = "ccokanilabejbblhdenlechhcggmopnp";

Getting an extensions id from its name would be unreliable because multiple extensions can have the same name.

To find the id of an extension go to chrome://extensions. To find the id of the current extension programmatically simply call one of the following:

var idOfThisApplication = chrome.i18n.getMessage("@@extension_id");

var idOfThisApplication = chrome.runtime.id;

Both of these methods require no extra permissions.

Upvotes: 5

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