meteor-chrome-extension-utils

chrome-extension-utils

This package bundles useful utils for working with a chrome extension.

Install

This package has two parts.

• meteor package
• chrome extension package

Install Meteor package

meteor add handtrix:chrome-extension-utils

And add your extension id to your Meteor.settings

{
  "public": {
    "chromeExtension": {
      "id": "fclmgmkhbncahpifpidimcjhbfaaiplh"
    }
}

Install Chrome Extension Package

In your chrome extension install this package via:

NPM

npm install --save meteor-chrome-extension-utils

Bower

bower install --save meteor-chrome-extension-utils

Manually

Include the file manually.

Features

Check if extension is installed

meteor client

ChromeExtension.isInstalled(function(isInstalled){

});

Check if the browser supports chrome extensions

meteor client

ChromeExtension.isBrowserSupported;

Trigger inline install

meteor client

ChromeExtension.install(function(err, success){

});

Get the webstore url

meteor client

ChromeExtension.getWebstoreUrl();

Navigate to webstore item

meteor client

ChromeExtension.navigateToWebstore;

Call methods in a chrome extension.

meteor client

ChromeExtension.call('foo', 'param1', 'param2', function(result){
  console.log(result);
});

chrome extension

ChromeExtension.methods({
  foo: function(param1, param2, callback){
    // To something here
    callback('bar');
  }
});

By default all urls will be allowed to connect to your extension. But you can secure it by whitelisting specific urls:

ChromeExtension.whitelistUrl('http://localhost:3000/');
ChromeExtension.whitelistUrl('http://myapp.meteor.com/');