CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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Bartek
Bartek

Reputation: 15599

Running small snippets of code persistently in Chrome (eg. tiny extensions)

Can I run small script snippets in Chrome all the time, as they were mini extensions? Without the manifest and packaging involved with a regular extension?

I basically want to "hack" Chrome to send events when I press media keys. A script like so:

sendRequest = function(action) {
  return chrome.extension.sendRequest({
    action: action
  }, (function() {}));
};

document.addEventListener("keydown", function(e) {
  if (e.keyCode === 32) {
    return sendRequest("pause");
  } else if (e.keyCode === 37) {
    return sendRequest("previous");
  } else if (e.keyCode === 39) {
    return sendRequest("next");
  }
});

I'm imagining this can be added via the Sources tab and some of the new magic there, but not sure.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 46

Answers (1)

Alexander Pavlov
Alexander Pavlov

Reputation: 32286

The extensions API (chrome.extension.sendRequest) is not available to non-extensions, obviously. A real mini-extension should do the job.

Upvotes: 2

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