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Siddhant Mishra
Siddhant Mishra

Reputation: 366

Send Message from Chrom extension to Launch Agent Mac

Is it possible to send message from chrome extension to a launch agent or to a daemon in mac ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 49

Answers (1)

iSpain17
iSpain17

Reputation: 3053

Yes, it is possible.

The important aspect for a launch agent is that it should be started before the messages are sent.

This means, that you should never use the chrome.runtime.sendNativeMessage() function over first creating the port with chrome.runtime.connectNative() and calling port.postMessage().

As per the documentation:

When a messaging port is created using runtime.connectNative() Chrome starts native messaging host process and keeps it running until the port is destroyed. On the other hand, when a message is sent using runtime.sendNativeMessage(), without creating a messaging port, Chrome starts a new native messaging host process for each message.

Upvotes: 0

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