extension.onRequest
Not implemented: This is not implemented in Firefox because it has been deprecated since Chrome 33. Please use runtime.onMessage instead.
Fired when a request is sent from either an extension process or a content script.
Syntax
chrome.extension.onRequest.addListener(function(
request, // optional any
sender, // runtime.MessageSender
function() {...} // function
) {...})
chrome.extension.onRequest.removeListener(listener)
chrome.extension.onRequest.hasListener(listener)
Events have three functions:
addListener(callback)
- Adds a listener to this event.
removeListener(listener)
- Stop listening to this event. The
listener
argument is the listener to remove. hasListener(listener)
- Check whether
listener
is registered for this event. Returnstrue
if it is listening,false
otherwise.
addListener syntax
Parameters
callback
-
Function that will be called when this event occurs. The function will be passed the following arguments:
request
any
. The request sent by the calling script.
sender
runtime.MessageSender
.
sendResponse
function
. Function to call (at most once) when you have a response. The argument should be any JSON-ifiable object, or undefined if there is no response. If you have more than oneonRequest
listener in the same document, then only one may send a response.
Browser compatibility
Report problems with this compatibility data on GitHubwebextensions-desktop | webextensions-mobile | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
onRequest | ChromeFull supportYes | EdgeFull support79 | FirefoxNo supportNo | OperaFull supportYes | SafariNo supportNo | Firefox for AndroidNo supportNo |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using.
- Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.
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Acknowledgements
This API is based on Chromium's chrome.extension
API. This documentation is derived from extension.json
in the Chromium code.
Microsoft Edge compatibility data is supplied by Microsoft Corporation and is included here under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.