CODEWITHSUNDEEP
google-chromegoogle-chrome-extensionlistener
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Reputation: 12249

File Download Listener - Chrome Extensions?

Is there any way a google chrome extensions can detect whether a download was initiated? I could get all of the links and figure out which ones aren't html files and listen for those requests, but there are lots of exceptions and room for error, like having a pdf file open in the browser instead of download for example.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1772

Answers (2)

EricLaw
EricLaw

Reputation: 57115

This is now possible via the chrome.downloads extension API. See https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/downloads for details.

Upvotes: 3

neocotic
neocotic

Reputation: 2131

There is nothing to suggest that this is possible in the Chrome API and I see no way of doing it using the DOM so I can only think that this is possible using an NPAPI plugin which may be overkill.

Do you really need to do this?

Upvotes: 1

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