[
{
"namespace": "extension",
"types": [
{
"id": "MessageSender",
"type": "object",
"description": "An object containing information about the script context that sent a message or request.",
"properties": {
"tab": {"$ref": "Tab", "optional": true, "description":"This property will only be present when the connection was opened from a tab or content script."},
"id": {"type": "string", "description": "The extension ID of the extension that opened the connection."}
}
},
{
"id": "Port",
"type": "object",
"description": "An object which allows two way communication with other pages.",
"properties": {
"name": {"type": "string"},
"onDisconnect": {"type": "object"},
"onMessage": {"type": "object"},
"postMessage": {"type": "function"},
"sender": {
"$ref": "MessageSender",
"optional": true,
"description": "This property will only be present on ports passed to onConnect/onConnectExternal listeners."
}
}
}
],
"properties": {
"lastError": {
"type": "object",
"optional": true,
"description": "Set for the lifetime of a callback if an ansychronous extension api has resulted in an error. If no error has occured lastError will be undefined.",
"properties": {
"message": { "type": "string", "description": "Description of the error that has taken place." }
}
}
},
"functions": [
{
"name": "connect",
"type": "function",
"description": "Attempts to connect to other listeners within the extension (listeners may be toolstrips or the extension's background page). This is primarily useful for content scripts connecting to their extension processes. Extensions may connect to content scripts embedded in tabs via chrome.tabs.connectToTab.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "string", "name": "extensionId", "optional": true, "description": "The extension ID of the extension you want to connect to. If omitted, default is your own extension."},
{
"type": "object",
"name": "connectInfo",
"properties": {
"name": { "type": "string", "optional": true, "description": "Will be passed into onConnect for extension processes that are listening for the connection event." }
},
"optional": true
}
],
"returns": {
"$ref": "Port",
"description": "Port through which messages can be sent and received with the extension."
}
},
{
"name": "sendRequest",
"type": "function",
"description": "Sends a single request to other listeners within the extension. Similar to chrome.extension.connect, but only sends a single request with an optional response.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "string", "name": "extensionId", "optional": true, "description": "The extension ID of the extension you want to connect to. If omitted, default is your own extension."},
{ "type": "any", "name": "request" },
{
"type": "function",
"name": "responseCallback",
"optional": true,
"parameters": [
{
"name": "response",
"type": "any",
"description": "The JSON response object sent by the handler of the request."
}
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "getURL",
"type": "function",
"description": "Convert a relative path within an extension install directory to a fully-qualified URL.",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "string",
"name": "path",
"description": "A path to a resource within an extension expressed relative to it's install directory."
}
],
"returns": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The fully-qualified URL to the resource."
}
},
{
"name": "getViews",
"type": "function",
"description": "Returns an array of the global JavaScript objects for each of the views running inside the current extension. This includes toolstrips, background pages, and tabs.",
"parameters": [],
"returns": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Array of global objects",
"items": { "type": "object" }
}
},
{
"name": "getBackgroundPage",
"type": "function",
"description": "Returns the global JavaScript object for the background page running inside the current extension. Returns null if the extension has no backround page.",
"parameters": [],
"returns": {
"type": "object"
}
},
{
"name": "getToolstrips",
"type": "function",
"description": "Returns an array of the global JavaScript objects for each of the toolstrip views running inside the current extension. If windowId is specified, returns only the toolstrips attached to the specified window.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "integer", "name": "windowId", "optional": true}
],
"returns": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Array of global objects",
"items": { "type": "object" }
}
},
{
"name": "getExtensionTabs",
"type": "function",
"description": "Returns an array of the global JavaScript objects for each of the tab contents views running inside the current extension. If windowId is specified, returns only the tab contentses attached to the specified window.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "integer", "name": "windowId", "optional": true}
],
"returns": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Array of global objects",
"items": { "type": "object" }
}
}
],
"events": [
{
"name": "onConnect",
"type": "function",
"description": "Fired when a connection is made from either an extension process or a content script.",
"parameters": [
{"$ref": "Port", "name": "port"}
]
},
{
"name": "onConnectExternal",
"type": "function",
"description": "Fired when a connection is made from another extension.",
"parameters": [
{"$ref": "Port", "name": "port"}
]
},
{
"name": "onRequest",
"type": "function",
"description": "Fired when a request is sent from either an extension process or a content script.",
"parameters": [
{"name": "request", "type": "any", "description": "The request sent by the calling script."},
{"name": "sender", "$ref": "MessageSender" },
{"name": "sendResponse", "type": "function", "description": "Function to call when you have a response. The argument should be any JSON-ifiable object, or undefined if there is no response." }
]
},
{
"name": "onRequestExternal",
"type": "function",
"description": "Fired when a request is sent from another extension.",
"parameters": [
{"name": "request", "type": "any", "description": "The request sent by the calling script."},
{"name": "sender", "$ref": "MessageSender" },
{"name": "sendResponse", "type": "function", "description": "Function to call when you have a response. The argument should be any JSON-ifiable object, or undefined if there is no response." }
]
}
]
},
{
"namespace": "experimental.extension",
"types": [],
"functions": [
{
"name": "getPopupView",
"type": "function",
"description": "Returns a reference to the window object of the popup view.",
"nodocs": "true",
"parameters": [],
"returns": {
"type": "object"
}
}
],
"events": []
},
{
"namespace": "windows",
"types": [
{
"id": "Window",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 0, "description": "The ID of the window. Window IDs are unique within a browser session."},
"focused": {"type": "boolean", "description": "Whether the window is currently the focused window."},
"top": {"type": "integer", "description": "The offset of the window from the top edge of the screen in pixels."},
"left": {"type": "integer", "description": "The offset of the window from the left edge of the screen in pixels."},
"width": {"type": "integer", "description": "The width of the window in pixels."},
"height": {"type": "integer", "description": "The height of the window in pixels."},
"tabs": {"type": "array", "items": { "$ref": "Tab" }, "optional": true, "description": "Array of Tab objects representing the current tabs in the window."}
}
}
],
"functions": [
{
"name": "get",
"type": "function",
"description": "Gets details about a window.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "integer", "name": "windowId", "minimum": 0},
{
"type": "function",
"name": "callback",
"parameters": [
{
"name": "window", "$ref": "Window"
}
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "getCurrent",
"type": "function",
"description": "Gets the current window.",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "function",
"name": "callback",
"parameters": [
{
"name": "window", "$ref": "Window"
}
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "getLastFocused",
"type": "function",
"description": "Get the window that was most recently focused -- typically the window 'on top'.",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "function",
"name": "callback",
"parameters": [
{
"name": "window", "$ref": "Window"
}
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "getAll",
"type": "function",
"description": "Get all windows.",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "object",
"name": "getInfo",
"optional": true,
"description": "",
"properties": {
"populate": {"type": "boolean", "optional": true, "description": "If true, each window object will have a tabs property that contains a list of the Tab objects for that window." }
}
},
{
"type": "function",
"name": "callback",
"parameters": [
{
"name": "windows", "type": "array", "items": { "$ref": "Window" }
}
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "create",
"type": "function",
"description": "Create (open) a new browser with any optional sizing, position or default url provided.",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "object",
"name": "createData",
"properties": {
"url": {"type": "string", "optional": true, "description": "The URL to navigate the first tab to. Fully-qualified URLs must include a scheme (i.e. 'http://www.google.com', not 'www.google.com'). Relative URLs will be relative to the current page within the extension. Defaults to the New Tab Page."},
"left": {"type": "integer", "optional": true, "description": "The number of pixels to position the new window from the left edge of the screen. If not specified, the new window is offset naturally from the last focusd window."},
"top": {"type": "integer", "optional": true, "description": "The number of pixels to position the new window from the top edge of the screen. If not specified, the new window is offset naturally from the last focusd window."},
"width": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 0, "optional": true, "description": "The width in pixels of the new window. If not specified defaults to a natural width."},
"height": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 0, "optional": true, "description": "The height in pixels of the new window. If not specified defaults to a natural height."}
},
"optional": true
},
{
"type": "function",
"name": "callback",
"optional": true,
"parameters": [
{
"name": "window", "$ref": "Window", "description": "Contains details about the created window."
}
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "update",
"type": "function",
"description": "Update the properties of a window. Only specify the properties that you want to change, unspecified properties will be left unchanged.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "integer", "name": "windowId", "minimum": 0},
{
"type": "object",
"name": "updateInfo",
"properties": {
"left": {"type": "integer", "optional": true, "description": "The offset from the left edge of the screen to move the window to in pixels."},
"top": {"type": "integer", "optional": true, "description": "The offset from the top edge of the screen to move the window to in pixels."},
"width": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 0, "optional": true, "description": "The width to resize the window to in pixels."},
"height": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 0, "optional": true, "description": "The height to resize the window to in pixels."}
}
},
{
"type": "function",
"name": "callback",
"optional": true,
"parameters": [
{
"name": "window", "$ref": "Window"
}
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "remove",
"type": "function",
"description": "Removes (closes) a window, and all the tabs inside it.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "integer", "name": "windowId", "minimum": 0},
{"type": "function", "name": "callback", "optional": true, "parameters": []}
]
}
],
"events": [
{
"name": "onCreated",
"type": "function",
"description": "Fired when a window is created.",
"parameters": [
{
"$ref": "Window",
"name": "window",
"description": "Details of the window that was created."
}
]
},
{
"name": "onRemoved",
"type": "function",
"description": "Fired when a window is removed (closed).",
"parameters": [
{"type": "integer", "name": "windowId", "minimum": 0, "description": "ID of the removed window."}
]
},
{
"name": "onFocusChanged",
"type": "function",
"description": "Fired when the currently focused window changes.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "integer", "name": "windowId", "minimum": 0, "description": "ID of the newly focused window."}
]
}
]
},
{
"namespace": "tabs",
"types": [
{
"id": "Tab",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 0, "description": "The ID of the tab. Tab IDs are unique within a browser session."},
"index": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 0, "description": "The zero-based index of the tab within its window."},
"windowId": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 0, "description": "The ID of the window the tab is contained within."},
"selected": {"type": "boolean", "description": "Whether the tab is selected."},
"url": {"type": "string", "description": "The URL the tab is displaying."},
"title": {"type": "string", "optional": true, "description": "The title of the tab. This may not be available if the tab is loading."},
"favIconUrl": {"type": "string", "optional": true, "description": "The URL of the tab's favicon. This may not be available if the tab is loading."},
"status": {"type": "string", "optional": true, "description": "Either loading or complete."}
}
}
],
"functions": [
{
"name": "get",
"type": "function",
"description": "Retrieves details about the specified tab.",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "integer",
"name": "tabId",
"minimum": 0
},
{
"type": "function",
"name": "callback",
"parameters": [
{"name": "tab", "$ref": "Tab"}
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "connect",
"type": "function",
"description": "Connects to the content script(s) in the specified tab. The chrome.extension.onConnect event is fired in each content script running in the specified tab for the current extension. For more details, see Content Script Messaging.",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "integer",
"name": "tabId",
"minimum": 0
},
{
"type": "object",
"name": "connectInfo",
"properties": {
"name": { "type": "string", "optional": true, "description": "Will be passed into onConnect for content scripts that are listening for the connection event." }
},
"optional": true
}
],
"returns": {
"$ref": "Port",
"description": "A port that can be used to communicate with the content scripts running in the specified tab."
}
},
{
"name": "sendRequest",
"type": "function",
"description": "Sends a single request to the content script(s) in the specified tab, with an optional callback to run when a response is sent back. The chrome.extension.onRequest event is fired in each content script running in the specified tab for the current extension.",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "integer",
"name": "tabId",
"minimum": 0
},
{
"type": "any",
"name": "request"
},
{
"type": "function",
"name": "responseCallback",
"optional": true,
"parameters": [
{
"name": "response",
"type": "any",
"description": "The JSON response object sent by the handler of the request."
}
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "getSelected",
"type": "function",
"description": "Gets the tab that is selected in the specified window.",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "integer",
"name": "windowId",
"minimum": 0,
"optional": true,
"description": "Defaults to the current window."
},
{
"type": "function",
"name": "callback",
"parameters": [
{"name": "tab", "$ref": "Tab"}
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "getAllInWindow",
"type": "function",
"description": "Gets details about all tabs in the specified window.",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "integer",
"name": "windowId",
"minimum": 0,
"optional": true,
"description": "Defaults to the current window."
},
{
"type": "function",
"name": "callback",
"parameters": [
{"name": "tabs", "type": "array", "items": { "$ref": "Tab" } }
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "create",
"type": "function",
"description": "Creates a new tab.",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "object",
"name": "createProperties",
"properties": {
"windowId": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"optional": true,
"description": "The window to create the new tab in. Defaults to the current window."
},
"index": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"optional": true,
"description": "The position the tab should take in the window. The provided value will be clamped to between zero and the number of tabs in the window."
},
"url": {
"type": "string",
"optional": true,
"description": "The URL to navigate the tab to initially. Fully-qualified URLs must include a scheme (i.e. 'http://www.google.com', not 'www.google.com'). Relative URLs will be relative to the current page within the extension. Defaults to the New Tab Page."
},
"selected": {
"type": "boolean",
"optional": true,
"description": "Whether the tab should become the selected tab in the window. Defaults to true"
}
}
},
{
"type": "function",
"name": "callback",
"optional": true,
"parameters": [
{
"name": "tab",
"$ref": "Tab",
"description": "Details about the created tab. Will contain the ID of the new tab."
}
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "update",
"type": "function",
"description": "Modify the properties of a tab. Properties that are not specified in updateProperties are not modified.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "integer", "name": "tabId", "minimum": 0},
{
"type": "object",
"name": "updateProperties",
"properties": {
"url": {"type": "string", "optional": true},
"selected": {"type": "boolean", "optional": true}
}
},
{
"type": "function",
"name": "callback",
"optional": true,
"parameters": [
{
"name": "tab",
"$ref": "Tab",
"description": "Details about the updated tab."
}
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "move",
"type": "function",
"description": "Move a tab to a new position within its window, or to a new window.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "integer", "name": "tabId", "minimum": 0},
{
"type": "object",
"name": "moveProperties",
"properties": {
"windowId": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"optional": true,
"description": "Defaults to the window the tab is currently in."
},
"index": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"description": "The position to move the window to. The provided value will be clamped to between zero and the number of tabs in the window."
}
}
},
{
"type": "function",
"name": "callback",
"optional": true,
"parameters": [
{
"name": "tab",
"$ref": "Tab",
"description": "Details about the moved tab."
}
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "remove",
"type": "function",
"description": "Closes a tab.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "integer", "name": "tabId", "minimum": 0},
{"type": "function", "name": "callback", "optional": true, "parameters": []}
]
},
{
"name": "detectLanguage",
"type": "function",
"description": "Detects the primary language of the content in a tab.",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "integer",
"name": "tabId",
"minimum": 0,
"optional": true,
"description": "Defaults to the selected tab of the current window."
},
{
"type": "function",
"name": "callback",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "string",
"name": "language",
"description": "An ISO language code like en or fr. For the complete list of languages supported by this method, see 2nd column of kLanguageInfoTable in http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/cld/bar/toolbar/cld/i18n/languages/internal/languages.cc"
}
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "captureVisibleTab",
"type": "function",
"description": "Captures the visible area of the currently selected tab in the specified window.",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "integer",
"name": "windowId",
"minimum": 0,
"optional": true,
"description": "The target window. Defaults to the current window."
},
{
"type": "function", "name": "callback", "parameters": [
{"type": "string", "name": "dataUrl", "description": "A data URL of a JPEG encoding of the visible area of the captured tab. May be assigned to the 'src' property of an HTML Image element for display."}
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "executeScript",
"type": "function",
"description": "",
"parameters": [
{"type": "integer", "name": "tabId", "optional": true, "description": "The id of tab which run the script, default to selected tab of current window."},
{
"type": "object",
"name": "scriptDef",
"description": "Note:scripts are injected in the following definition order.",
"properties": {
"code": {"type": "string", "optional": true, "description": "JavaScript code to execute."},
"file": {"type": "string", "optional": true, "description": "JavaScript file to execute."}
},
"optional": true
},
{
"type": "function",
"name": "callback",
"optional": true,
"description": "When all scripts are executed, this callback is called.",
"parameters": []
}
],
"returns": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether this call is successful"
}
},
{
"name": "insertCSS",
"type": "function",
"description": "",
"parameters": [
{"type": "integer", "name": "tabId", "optional": true, "description": "The id of tab which run the script, default to selected tab of current window."},
{
"type": "object",
"name": "scriptDef",
"description": "Note:css are injected in the following definition order.",
"properties": {
"code": {"type": "string", "optional": true, "description": "CSS code to be injected."},
"file": {"type": "string", "optional": true, "description": "CSS file to be injected."}
},
"optional": true
},
{
"type": "function",
"name": "callback",
"optional": true,
"description": "When all css are inserted, this callback is called.",
"parameters": []
}
],
"returns": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether this call is successful"
}
}
],
"events": [
{
"name": "onCreated",
"type": "function",
"description": "Fires when a tab is created.",
"parameters": [
{
"$ref": "Tab",
"name": "tab",
"description": "Details of the tab that was created."
}
]
},
{
"name": "onUpdated",
"type": "function",
"description": "Fires when a tab is updated.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "integer", "name": "tabId", "minimum": 0},
{
"type": "object",
"name": "changeInfo",
"description": "Lists the changes to the state of the tab that was updated.",
"properties": {
"status": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The status of the tab. Can be either loading or complete."
},
"url": {
"type": "string",
"optional": true,
"description": "Only specified if the tab's URL changed."
}
}
},
{
"$ref": "Tab",
"name": "tab",
"description": "Gives the state of the tab that was updated."
}
]
},
{
"name": "onMoved",
"type": "function",
"description": "Fires when a tab is moved within a window. Only one move event is fired, representing the tab the user directly moved. Move events are not fired for the other tabs that must move in response. This event is not fired when a tab is moved between windows. For that, see onDetached.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "integer", "name": "tabId", "minimum": 0},
{
"type": "object",
"name": "moveInfo",
"properties": {
"windowId": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 0},
"fromIndex": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 0},
"toIndex": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 0}
}
}
]
},
{
"name": "onSelectionChanged",
"type": "function",
"description": "Fires when the selected tab in a window changes.",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "integer",
"name": "tabId",
"minimum": 0,
"description": "The ID of the tab that has become selected."
},
{
"type": "object",
"name": "selectInfo",
"properties": {
"windowId": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"description": "The ID of the window the selected tab changed inside of."
}
}
}
]
},
{
"name": "onDetached",
"type": "function",
"description": "Fired when a tab is detached from a window, for example because it is being moved between windows.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "integer", "name": "tabId", "minimum": 0},
{
"type": "object",
"name": "detachInfo",
"properties": {
"oldWindowId": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 0},
"oldPosition": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 0}
}
}
]
},
{
"name": "onAttached",
"type": "function",
"description": "Fired when a tab is attached to a window, for example because it was moved between windows.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "integer", "name": "tabId", "minimum": 0},
{
"type": "object",
"name": "attachInfo",
"properties": {
"newWindowId": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 0},
"newPosition": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 0}
}
}
]
},
{
"name": "onRemoved",
"type": "function",
"description": "Fires when a tab is closed.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "integer", "name": "tabId", "minimum": 0}
]
}
]
},
{
"namespace": "pageActions",
"types": [],
"functions": [
{
"name": "enableForTab",
"type": "function",
"description": "Enables a page action for a particular tab+url combination (makes its icon visible in the OmniBox when a certain url is active in a given tab). The page action will automatically be disabled (its icon hidden) if the user navigates to a new URL or closes the tab. The action will also automatically be enabled/disabled as the user switches tabs.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "string", "name": "pageActionId", "description": "An extension can have multiple page actions specified in the manifest, each with a unique identifier. This string identifies which page action you want to enable (and must match a page action id declared in the manifest)."},
{
"type": "object",
"name": "action",
"description": "An object specifing what action should be applied to the page action. Contains the following properties:",
"properties": {
"tabId": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 0, "description": "The id of the tab for which you want to enable the page action."},
"url": {"type": "string", "description": "The URL of the page you want the page action to apply to. If the URL specified does not match the currently navigated URL (user has navigated to another page) then no action is taken."},
"title": {"type": "string", "optional": true, "description": "Specifying title allows you to change the tooltip that appears when you hover over the page action icon in the OmniBox. This parameter is optional and if omitted then the page action name property declared in the manifest is used."},
"iconId": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 0, "optional": true, "description": "A zero-based index into the icons vector specified in the manifest. This parameter is optional and if omitted then the first icon in the icons vector of the page action is used. This id is useful to represent different page action states. Example: An RSS feed icon could have a 'subscribe now' icon and an 'already subscribed' icon."}
},
"optional": false
}
]
},
{
"name": "disableForTab",
"type": "function",
"description": "Disables a page action for a particular tab+url combination (makes its OmniBox page action icon hidden when a certain url is active in a given tab). This can be useful to disable a page action before the user navigates away from a page containing an enabled page action.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "string", "name": "pageActionId", "description": "An extension can have multiple page actions specified in the manifest, each with a unique identifier. This string identifies which page action you want to disable (and must match a page action id declared in the manifest)."},
{
"type": "object",
"name": "action",
"description": "An object specifying what action should be applied to the page action. Contains the following properties:",
"properties": {
"tabId": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 0, "description": "The id of the tab for which you want to disable the page action."},
"url": {"type": "string", "description": "The URL of the page you want the page action to not apply to. If the URL specified does not match the currently navigated URL (user has navigated to another page) then no action is taken."}
},
"optional": false
}
]
}
],
"events": [
]
},
{
"namespace": "pageAction",
"types": [],
"functions": [
{
"name": "show",
"type": "function",
"description": "Shows the page action. The page action is shown whenever the tab is selected.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "integer", "name": "tabId", "minimum": 0, "description": "The id of the tab for which you want to modify the page action."}
]
},
{
"name": "hide",
"type": "function",
"description": "Hides the page action.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "integer", "name": "tabId", "minimum": 0, "description": "The id of the tab for which you want to modify the page action."}
]
},
{
"name": "setTitle",
"type": "function",
"description": "Sets the title of the page action. This is displayed in a tooltip over the page action.",
"parameters": [
{
"name": "details",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"tabId": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 0, "description": "The id of the tab for which you want to modify the page action."},
"title": {"type": "string", "description": "The tooltip string."}
}
}
]
},
{
"name": "setIcon",
"type": "function",
"description": "Sets the icon for the page action. The icon can be specified either as the path to an image file or as the pixel data from a canvas element. Either the path or the imageData property must be specified.",
"parameters": [
{
"name": "details",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"tabId": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 0, "description": "The id of the tab for which you want to modify the page action."},
"imageData": {
"type": "any",
"description": "Pixel data for an image. Must be an ImageData object (for example, from a canvas element).",
"optional": true
},
"path": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Relative path to an image in the extension to show in the browser action.",
"optional": true
},
"iconIndex": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Deprecated. The zero-based index into the icons vector specified in the manifest.",
"optional": true
}
}
}
]
}
],
"events": [
{
"name": "onClicked",
"type": "function",
"description": "Fired when a page action icon is clicked.",
"parameters": [
{
"name": "tab",
"$ref": "Tab"
}
]
}
]
},
{
"namespace": "browserAction",
"types": [],
"functions": [
{
"name": "setTitle",
"type": "function",
"description": "Sets the title of the browser action. This shows up in the tooltip.",
"parameters": [
{
"name": "details",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"title": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The string the browser action should display when moused over."
},
"tabId": {
"type": "integer",
"optional": true,
"description": "Limits the change to when a particular tab is selected. Automatically resets when the tab is closed."
}
}
}
]
},
{
"name": "setIcon",
"type": "function",
"description": "Sets the icon for the browser action. The icon can be specified either as the path to an image file or as the pixel data from a canvas element. Either the path or the imageData property must be specified.",
"parameters": [
{
"name": "details",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"imageData": {
"type": "any",
"description": "Pixel data for an image. Must be an ImageData object (for example, from a canvas
element).",
"optional": true
},
"path": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Relative path to an image in the extension to show in the browser action.",
"optional": true
},
"tabId": {
"type": "integer",
"optional": true,
"description": "Limits the change to when a particular tab is selected. Automatically resets when the tab is closed."
}
}
}
]
},
{
"name": "setBadgeText",
"type": "function",
"description": "Sets the badge text for the browser action. The badge is displayed on top of the icon.",
"parameters": [
{
"name": "details",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"text": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Any number of characters can be passed, but only about four can fit in the space."
},
"tabId": {
"type": "integer",
"optional": true,
"description": "Limits the change to when a particular tab is selected. Automatically resets when the tab is closed."
}
}
}
]
},
{
"name": "setBadgeBackgroundColor",
"type": "function",
"description": "Sets the background color for the badge.",
"parameters": [
{
"name": "details",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"color": {
"type": "array",
"description": "An array of four integers in the range [0,255] that make up the RGBA color of the badge. For example, opaque red is [255, 0, 0, 255]
.",
"items": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 255
},
"minItems": 4,
"maxItems": 4
},
"tabId": {
"type": "integer",
"optional": true,
"description": "Limits the change to when a particular tab is selected. Automatically resets when the tab is closed."
}
}
}
]
}
],
"events": [
{
"name": "onClicked",
"type": "function",
"description": "Fired when a browser action icon is clicked.",
"parameters": [
{
"name": "tab",
"$ref": "Tab"
}
]
}
]
},
{
"namespace": "bookmarks",
"types": [
{
"id": "BookmarkTreeNode",
"type": "object",
"description": "A node (either a bookmark or a folder) in the bookmark tree. Child nodes are ordered within their parent folder.",
"properties": {
"id": {"type": "string", "minimum": 0, "description": "The unique identifier for the node. IDs are unique within the current profile, and they remain valid even after the browser is restarted."},
"parentId": {"type": "string", "minimum": 0, "optional": true, "description": "The id
of the parent folder. Omitted for the root node."},
"index": {"type": "integer", "optional": true, "description": "The 0-based position of this node within its parent folder."},
"url": {"type": "string", "optional": true, "description": "The URL navigated to when a user clicks the bookmark. Omitted for folders."},
"title": {"type": "string", "description": "The text displayed for the node."},
"dateAdded": {"type": "number", "optional": true, "description": "When this node was created, in milliseconds since the epoch (new Date(dateAdded)
)."},
"dateGroupModified": {"type": "number", "optional": true, "description": "When the contents of this folder last changed, in milliseconds since the epoch."},
"children": {"type": "array", "optional": true, "items": {"$ref": "BookmarkTreeNode"}, "description": "An ordered list of children of this node."}
}
}
],
"functions": [
{
"name": "get",
"type": "function",
"description": "Retrieves the specified BookmarkTreeNode(s).",
"parameters": [
{
"name": "idOrIdList",
"description": "A single string-valued id, or an array of string-valued ids",
"choices": [
{"type": "string"},
{"type": "array", "items": {"type": "string"}, "minItems": 1}
]
},
{
"type": "function",
"name": "callback",
"parameters": [
{"name": "results", "type": "array", "items": { "$ref": "BookmarkTreeNode"} }
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "getChildren",
"type": "function",
"description": "Retrieves the children of the specified BookmarkTreeNode id.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "string", "name": "id"},
{
"type": "function",
"name": "callback",
"parameters": [
{"name": "results", "type": "array", "items": { "$ref": "BookmarkTreeNode"} }
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "getTree",
"type": "function",
"description": "Retrieves the entire Bookmarks hierarchy.",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "function",
"name": "callback",
"parameters": [
{"name": "results", "type": "array", "items": { "$ref": "BookmarkTreeNode"} }
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "search",
"type": "function",
"description": "Seaches for BookmarkTreeNodes matching the given query.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "string", "name": "query"},
{
"type": "function",
"name": "callback",
"parameters": [
{"name": "results", "type": "array", "items": { "$ref": "BookmarkTreeNode"} }
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "create",
"type": "function",
"description": "Creates a bookmark or folder under the specified parentId. If url is NULL or missing, it will be a folder.",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "object",
"name": "bookmark",
"properties": {
"parentId": {"type": "string"},
"index": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 0, "optional": true},
"title": {"type": "string", "optional": true},
"url": {"type": "string", "optional": true}
}
},
{
"type": "function",
"name": "callback",
"optional": true,
"parameters": [
{"name": "result", "$ref": "BookmarkTreeNode" }
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "move",
"type": "function",
"description": "Moves the specified BookmarkTreeNode to the provided location.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "string", "name": "id"},
{
"type": "object",
"name": "destination",
"properties": {
"parentId": {"type": "string"},
"index": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 0, "optional": true}
}
},
{
"type": "function",
"name": "callback",
"optional": true,
"parameters": [
{"name": "result", "$ref": "BookmarkTreeNode" }
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "update",
"type": "function",
"description": "Updates the properties of a bookmark or folder. Only specify the properties that you want to change, unspecified properties will be left unchanged. NOTE: currently, only 'title' is supported.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "string", "name": "id"},
{
"type": "object",
"name": "changes",
"properties": {
"title": {"type": "string", "optional": true}
}
},
{
"type": "function",
"name": "callback",
"optional": true,
"parameters": [
{"name": "result", "$ref": "BookmarkTreeNode" }
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "remove",
"type": "function",
"description": "Removes a bookmark or an empty bookmark folder.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "string", "name": "id"},
{"type": "function", "name": "callback", "optional": true, "parameters": []}
]
},
{
"name": "removeTree",
"type": "function",
"description": "Recursively removes a bookmark folder.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "string", "name": "id"},
{"type": "function", "name": "callback", "optional": true, "parameters": []}
]
}
],
"events": [
{
"name": "onCreated",
"type": "function",
"description": "Fired when a bookmark or folder is created.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "string", "name": "id"},
{
"$ref": "BookmarkTreeNode",
"name": "bookmark"
}
]
},
{
"name": "onRemoved",
"type": "function",
"description": "Fired when a bookmark or folder is removed. When a folder is removed recursively, a single notification is fired for the folder, and none for its contents.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "string", "name": "id"},
{
"type": "object",
"name": "removeInfo",
"properties": {
"parentId": { "type": "string" },
"index": { "type": "integer" }
}
}
]
},
{
"name": "onChanged",
"type": "function",
"description": "Fired when a bookmark or folder changes. NOTE: currently, only title changes trigger this.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "string", "name": "id"},
{
"type": "object",
"name": "changeInfo",
"properties": {
"title": { "type": "string" }
}
}
]
},
{
"name": "onMoved",
"type": "function",
"description": "Fired when a bookmark or folder is moved to a different parent folder.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "string", "name": "id"},
{
"type": "object",
"name": "moveInfo",
"properties": {
"parentId": { "type": "string" },
"index": { "type": "integer" },
"oldParentId": { "type": "string" },
"oldIndex": { "type": "integer" }
}
}
]
},
{
"name": "onChildrenReordered",
"type": "function",
"description": "Fired when the children of a folder have changed their order due to the order being sorted in the UI. This is not called as a result of a move().",
"parameters": [
{"type": "string", "name": "id"},
{
"type": "object",
"name": "reorderInfo",
"properties": {
"childIds": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } }
}
}
]
}
]
},
{
"namespace": "experimental.history",
"types": [
{
"id": "HistoryItem",
"type": "object",
"description": "An object encapsulating one result of a history query.",
"properties": {
"id": {"type": "string", "minimum": 0, "description": "The unique identifier for the item."},
"url": {"type": "string", "optional": true, "description": "The URL navigated to by a user."},
"title": {"type": "string", "optional": true, "description": "The title of the history page."},
"lastVisitTime": {"type": "number", "optional": true, "description": "When this page was last loaded, represented in milliseconds since the epoch."},
"visitCount": {"type": "integer", "optional": true, "description": "The number of times the user has navigated to this page."},
"typedCount": {"type": "integer", "optional": true, "description": "The number of times the user has navigated to this page by typing in the address."}
}
},
{
"id": "VisitItem",
"type": "object",
"description": "An object encapsulating one visit to a url.",
"properties": {
"id": {"type": "string", "minimum": 0, "description": "The unique identifier for the item."},
"visitId": {"type": "string", "description": "The unique identifier for this visit."},
"visitTime": {"type": "number", "optional": true, "description": "When this visit occurred, represented in milliseconds since the epoch."},
"referringVisitId": {"type": "string", "description": "The visit_id of the referrer."},
"transition": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 10, "description": "The transition type for this visit from its referrer. The enumeration is defined in chrome.history.transistionType."}
}
}
],
"functions": [
{
"name": "search",
"type": "function",
"description": "Search the history for the last visit time of each page matching the query.",
"parameters": [
{
"name": "query",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"search": {"type": "string", "description": "A free-text query to the history service, leave empty to retrieve all pages."},
"startTime": {"type": "number", "optional": true, "description": "Limit results to those visited after this date, represented in milliseconds since the epoch."},
"endTime": {"type": "number", "optional": true, "description": "Limit results to those visited before this date, represented in milliseconds since the epoch."},
"maxResults": {"type": "integer", "optional": true, "minimum": 0, "description": "The maximum number of results to retrieve. Defaults to 100."}
}
},
{
"name": "callback",
"type": "function",
"parameters": [
{ "name": "results", "type": "array", "items": { "$ref": "HistoryItem"} }
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "getVisits",
"type": "function",
"description": "Retrieve information about visits to a url.",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"url": {"type": "string", "description": "The url for which to retrieve visit information. It must be in the format as returned from a call to history.search."}
}
},
{
"name": "callback",
"type": "function",
"parameters": [
{ "name": "results", "type": "array", "items": { "$ref": "VisitItem"} }
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "addUrl",
"type": "function",
"description": "Adds a Url to the history at the current time with transition of LINK.",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"url": {"type": "string", "description": "The url to add."}
}
}
]
},
{
"name": "deleteUrl",
"type": "function",
"description": "Removes all occurrences of the given Url from the history.",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"url": {"type": "string", "description": "The url to remove."}
}
}
]
},
{
"name": "deleteRange",
"type": "function",
"description": "Removes all items within the specified date range from the history. Pages will not be removed from the history unless all visits fall within the range.",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"startTime": { "type": "number", "description": "Items added to history after this date, represented in milliseconds since the epoch." },
"endTime": { "type": "number", "description": "Items added to history before this date, represented in milliseconds since the epoch." }
}
},
{
"name": "callback", "type": "function", "parameters": []
}
]
},
{
"name": "deleteAll",
"type": "function",
"description": "Deletes all items from the history.",
"parameters": [
{
"name": "callback", "type": "function", "parameters": []
}
]
}
],
"events": [
{
"name": "onVisited",
"type": "function",
"description": "Fired when a url is visited, providing the HistoryItem data for that url.",
"parameters": [
{ "name": "result", "$ref": "HistoryItem"}
]
},
{
"name": "onVisitRemoved",
"type": "function",
"description": "Fired when one or more urls are removed from the history service. When all visits have been removed the url is purged from history.",
"parameters": [
{
"name": "removed",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"allHistory": { "type": "boolean", "description": "True if all history was removed. If true, then urls will be empty." },
"urls": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" }, "optional": true}
}
}
]
}
]
},
{
"namespace": "toolstrip",
"types": [],
"functions": [
{
"name": "expand",
"type": "function",
"description": "",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "object",
"name": "expandInfo",
"properties": {
"height": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 0, "description": "The vertical pixel height required of the toolstrip area." },
"url": { "type": "string", "optional": true, "description": "If present, the toolstrip mole will change it's content to the provided url. Otherwise, the current page will just be expanded in size." }
}
},
{"type": "function", "name": "callback", "optional": true, "parameters": []}
]
},
{
"name": "collapse",
"type": "function",
"description": "",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "object",
"name": "collapseInfo",
"optional": true,
"properties": {
"url": { "type": "string", "optional": true, "description": "If present, the toolstrip mole will change it's content to the provided url. Otherwise, the current page will just be collapsed in size." }
}
},
{"type": "function", "name": "callback", "optional": true, "parameters": []}
]
}
],
"events": []
},
{
"namespace": "i18n",
"types": [],
"functions": [
{
"name": "getAcceptLanguages",
"type": "function",
"description": "Get accept languages of browser",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "function",
"name": "callback",
"parameters": [
{"name": "languages", "type": "array", "items": {"type": "string"}, "description": "Array of the accept languages of the browser, such as en-US,en,zh-CN"}
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "getMessage",
"type": "function",
"description": "Get a message from the extension language catalog, for a current locale.",
"parameters": [
{ "type": "string",
"name": "message_name",
"description": "Message name from the extension catalog."
},
{
"choices": [
{ "type": "string" },
{
"type": "array",
"items": { "type": "string" },
"minItems": 1,
"maxItems": 9
}
],
"optional": true,
"description": "1 - 9 substitution parameters, if the message requires any."
}
],
"returns": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Message localized for current locale."
}
}
],
"events": []
},
{
"namespace": "experimental.popup",
"types": [],
"functions": [
{
"name": "show",
"type": "function",
"description": "Displays a pop-up window hosting an extension view.",
"nodocs": "true",
"customHandler": "true",
"parameters": [
{
"type": "object",
"name": "popupInfo",
"properties": {
"url": { "type": "string", "description": "The URL of the contents to which the pop-up will be navigated." }
}
},
{
"type": "object",
"name": "domAnchor",
"properties": {
"top": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 0, "description": "Top pixel position of the dom-anchor." },
"left": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 0, "description": "Left pixel position of the dom-anchor." },
"width": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 0, "description": "Pixel width of the dom-anchor." },
"height": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 0, "description": "Pixel height of the dom-anchor." }
}
},
{
"type": "function",
"name": "callback",
"parameters": []
}
]
},
{
"name": "getAnchorWindow",
"type": "function",
"description": "Returns a reference to the window object of the extension view that launched the popup.",
"nodocs": "true",
"parameters": [],
"returns": {
"type": "object"
}
}
],
"events": [
{
"name": "onClosed",
"type": "function",
"description": "Fired when the popup view is closed.",
"parameters": []
}
]
},
{
"namespace": "devtools",
"types": [
],
"functions": [
{
"name": "getTabEvents",
"type": "function",
"description": "EXPERIMENTAL support for timeline API",
"nodocs": "true",
"parameters": [
{
"name": "tab_id",
"type": "integer"
}
],
"returns": {
"type": "object",
"description": "DevTools tab events object"
}
}
]
},
{
"namespace": "test",
"types": [],
"functions": [
{
"name": "notifyFail",
"type": "function",
"description": "Notify the browser process that test code running in the extension failed. This is only used for internal unit testing.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "string", "name": "message"}
]
},
{
"name": "notifyPass",
"type": "function",
"description": "Notify the browser process that test code running in the extension passed. This is only used for internal unit testing.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "string", "name": "message", "optional": true}
]
},
{
"name": "log",
"type": "function",
"description": "Logs a message during internal unit testing.",
"parameters": [
{"type": "string", "name": "message"}
]
}
],
"events": []
}
]