contextualIdentities.get()
Gets information about a contextual identity, given its cookie store ID.
This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise
.
Syntax
var getContext = browser.contextualIdentities.get(
cookieStoreId // string
)
Parameters
Return value
A Promise
that will be fulfilled with a ContextualIdentity
that describes the identity. If the identity could not be found or the contextual identities feature is not enabled, the promise is rejected.
Browser compatibility
Report problems with this compatibility data on GitHubwebextensions-desktop | webextensions-mobile | |||||
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get | ChromeNo supportNo | EdgeNo supportNo | FirefoxFull support53
| OperaNo supportNo | SafariNo supportNo | Firefox for AndroidFull support53
|
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- See implementation notes.
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Examples
This example tries to retrieve the contextual identity whose ID is "firefox-container-1":
function onGot(context) {
if (!context) {
console.error("Context not found");
} else {
console.log(`Name: ${context.name}`);
}
}
function onError(e) {
console.error(e);
}
browser.contextualIdentities.get("firefox-container-1").then(onGot, onError);