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apigoogle-chromegoogle-chrome-extension
Adam Harte
Adam Harte

Reputation: 10510

Does Google Chrome have APIs to access its downloads page?

Am I able to "tap into" Google Chrome's Downloads page through an extension/add-on? I want to write an extension that needs the file names (or paths) of all the files that are currently being downloaded by the user. Will this possible? What APIs should I be looking at? It is quite tricky to search for this and I don't know where to begin.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 438

Answers (3)

nhanb
nhanb

Reputation: 26

A bit late but I think it is possible now with the chrome.downloads API:

http://developer.chrome.com/extensions/downloads.html

Upvotes: 1

user2680893
user2680893

Reputation: 21

Not until Chrome 30.

http://peter.sh/2013/08/webgl-and-device-motion-for-android-port-forwarding-and-named-grid-areas/

It looks like Chrome extensions download's api will be released with chrome 30, and has been marked stable according to Peter Beverloo's blog.

Upvotes: 2

Martin Beeby
Martin Beeby

Reputation: 4599

No I can not find a Google Chrome API that will allow you to see the files that are currently being downloaded.

There are a number of experimental APIs, that alow deep integration with the browser here bt none that provide the information you require:

http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/dev/experimental.html

Upvotes: 3

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