/webextension-local-filelinks-prototype

Primary LanguageJavaScript

Localfile system links WebExtension (first test project)

Todos:

  • add test folder + webserver for test cases (later, for now I'm starting the test server in a separate working copy)
  • Icon adding not working properly
  • Native message installer required (later, batch file for development OK)
  • Check why native messaging is not working at the moment
  • Create Extension settings page - options.html (uses Vue for view handling)
  • Add "addon bar" icon to display activity of Extension on current tab
  • Implement localization

Build Setup

# install dependencies
npm install

# serve with hot reload at localhost:8080
npm run dev

# build for production with minification
npm run build

For detailed explanation on how things work, consult the docs for vue-loader.

Extension testing in browser

Install native app

Go to src\host\ and run install_host. This will register the native app in your system-

Manually starting

Run npm run dev, open Firefox and enter about:debugging in url bar and load dist\manifest.json Extension.

With Web-ext CLI

Install web-ext with npm install --global web-ext.

And run web-ext run in dist folder to start FF nightly with the Extension temporarily enabled.

$ npm install web-ext $ cd src See Tools > Manage API Keys (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/developers/addon/api/key/) $ ../node_modules/web-ext/bin/web-ext sign --api-key ... --api-secret ...

Building web extension from /home/gregor/dev/src-view/webextension-local-filelinks-prototype/src
No extension ID specified (it will be auto-generated)
Validating add-on [........................................................................................................................................................................................................................]
Validation results: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/developers/upload/27ff39acca0a46dcac0c97e85a550421
Your add-on failed validation and could not be signed
FAIL

WebExtError: The WebExtension could not be signed
    at _callee$ (/home/gregor/dev/src-view/webextension-local-filelinks-prototype/node_modules/web-ext/dist/webpack:/src/cmd/sign.js:136:15)
    at tryCatch (/home/gregor/dev/src-view/webextension-local-filelinks-prototype/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:65:40)
    at Generator.invoke [as _invoke] (/home/gregor/dev/src-view/webextension-local-filelinks-prototype/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:303:22)
    at Generator.prototype.(anonymous function) [as next] (/home/gregor/dev/src-view/webextension-local-filelinks-prototype/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:117:21)
    at step (/home/gregor/dev/src-view/webextension-local-filelinks-prototype/node_modules/web-ext/dist/webpack:/node_modules/babel-runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:17:1)
    at /home/gregor/dev/src-view/webextension-local-filelinks-prototype/node_modules/web-ext/dist/webpack:/node_modules/babel-runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:28:1
    at <anonymous>
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:188:7)