My Chrome Extension's status is: "Published - unlisted", how do I make it publicly listed instead of "unlisted"? I've already submitted the extension for review several weeks ago and I believe that it's status has changed from "Daft" to "Published - unlisted", but I can't seem to figure out how to make it go public..
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As stated in the title, I am trying to convert a web extension originally made for chrome to safari, using the tool documented at https://developer.apple.com/documentation/safariservices/safari_web_extensions/converting_a_web_extension_for_safari
The project is created, builds, and launches successfully, however when the extension is enabled in safari I get 2 errors:
"An extension with a non-persistent background page cannot listen to webRequest events."
"The service_worker script failed to load due to an error."
The first error is a general bug in chromium, which is fixed in v107 (verified in chrome canary), and the extension relies on this API to work.
I have no idea what to do with the second error, as it provides no information at all. The option to access the background page process is disabled in the Safari Develop menu with the message "service worker failed to load".
Here is my "manifest.json"
{
"name":"...",
"manifest_version":3,
"content_scripts":[{"all_frames":false,"js":["content.js"],"matches":["file://*/*","http://*/*","https://*/*"],"run_at":"document_idle","match_origin_as_fallback":true}],
"host_permissions":["<all_urls>"],
"permissions":["tabs","activeTab","storage","scripting","notifications","webRequest","downloads","alarms"],
"background":{"service_worker":"background.js"},
"content_security_policy":{"extension_pages":"script-src 'self' 'wasm-unsafe-eval'; object-src 'self'"},
"web_accessible_resources":[{"resources":["inject.js"],"matches":["<all_urls>"]}],
"action":{"default_popup":"popup.html"},
"icons":{"16":"resources/icons/16x16.png","32":"resources/icons/32x32.png","48":"resources/icons/48x48.png","128":"resources/icons/128x128.png"},
"commands":{"_execute_action":{"suggested_key":{"default":"Shift+Alt+C"},"description":"Start the extension"}},
"version":"0.7.5",
"description":"...",
"author":"..."
}
Does anyone have any good suggestions/knowledge on how to debug why the service worker doesn't load? The extension works without any errors or warnings in Google Chrome.
The webRequest api doesn't seem to be available in safari when using manifest v3, and is a blocking issue, meaning the problem cannot currently be solved.
Furthermore storage.session also caused the service worker to crash, but this could be mitigated by using storage.local instead.
Will have to wait and see if safari supports the webRequest API in the future.
I have added this gtm code in my chrome extension page(injected by the content script in and iframe)
// <!-- Google Tag Manager -->
(function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':
new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],
j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);
})(window,document,'script','owDataLayer','GTM-XXXXXXX');
// <!-- End Google Tag Manager -->
I confimred the gtm.js file loaded successfully.
Request URL:https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-XXXXXX&l=dataLayer
Request Method:GET
Status Code:200 (from disk cache)
I have a button and below code has been attached to the click event of the button
dataLayer.push({
'event': 'tab click',
'user id' : 123,
'description' : "Social"
});
When I click the button dataLayer.push worked with success but nothing is being sent to https://www.google-analytics.com/r/collect?
no activities in the "Network" tab of developer toolbar window.
Can anybody help me resolving this? Thanks in advance!
EDIT:
Adding screenshot of the tag setup.
I have spent a lot of time this weekend on reading gtm and Google chrome extension.
Finally I got this blog post by Simo Ahava. He discussing the exact same problem with solution. Thanks to Simo.
Here is partial paste of his blog post. We must add checkProtocolTask : false to each gtm tag in order to send track them from
Google Chrome Extension.
Add checkProtocolTask : false to Fields to Set
Scroll down to Fields to Set, and add a new field:
Field Name: checkProtocolTask
Value: false
Normally, Google Analytics requires that the request to GA originate from either HTTP or HTTPS. If the requests originate from anywhere else, the process is cancelled. By setting the task named checkProtocolTask to false, we can prevent this check from happening, since the extension uses the custom chrome-extension:// protocol.
Screenshot:
Posting this so others an find this answers helpful if they face same issues. Thanks!
I have an own Chrome extension and I currently face a weird problem.
Now and then (about daily) I recognize that my extension has been disabled. When I check, Chrome offers me the option to "repair" it, which works perfectly.
I started chrome in debug log and "identified" this passage, which is always the last one in the log before no further message of my extensions is recorded:
[10976:8112:0720/210546.491:WARNING:extension_protocols.cc(464)]
Failed to GetPathForExtension: eljmjmgjkbmpmfljlmklcfineebidmlo
[10976:8112:0720/210546.491:WARNING:url_request_job_manager.cc(90)]
Failed to map: chrome-extension://eljmjmgjkbmpmfljlmklcfineebidmlo/data/fonts/opensans-vietnamese.woff2
[14124:3076:0720/210546.494:VERBOSE1:script_context.cc(120)]
Destroyed context for extension
extension id: eljmjmgjkbmpmfljlmklcfineebidmlo
effective extension id: eljmjmgjkbmpmfljlmklcfineebidmlo
I checked and data/fonts/opensans-vietnamese.woff2 exists as it should.
I built a chrome extension. I don't want to host it (yet) in the chrome webstore. I want to self host it. I have packaged the .crx, and deployed it to my localhost. Here is the code I use to serve it:
app.get('/myext.crx', function(req, res){
var file = __dirname + '/public/myext.crx';
res.download(file);
});
Then I have an anchor tag that points to the file:
Install <strong>myExt for Chrome</strong>
When it downloads, it has the correct content-type header (per the instructions http://developer.chrome.com/extensions/hosting.html). Here is the info from the Network tab in Chrome Devtools when I click the anchor:
**Response Headers**
Connection:keep-alive
Content-Description:File Transfer
Content-disposition:attachment; filename=myext.crx
Content-type:application/x-chrome-extension
Date:Sat, 14 Dec 2013 07:09:46 GMT
Transfer-Encoding:chunked
X-Powered-By:Express
It all looks good, but Chrome still shows me the yellow banner error saying "Apps, extensions, and user scripts cannot be added from this website".
Am I missing a setting in the manifest? Can someone tell me what the issue is? Does it have anything to do with the fact that I am serving on localhost and the "homepage_url" and the "update_url" both point to my actual domain name?
Anyone, please.
UPDATE
It downloads the file, but gives me the aforementioned error. If I open Tools > Extensions and then drag the file from the bottom of Chrome onto the Extensions page, it won't install it. Nothing happens. HOWEVER, if I open a Finder window and drag it from the Finder window onto Tools > Extensions page, it installs fine.
Not sure if this info helps or not.
Chrome is starting to block extension installs that are not from the Chrome Web Store. If you don't want an extension to be fully published in the CWS, you can limit the audience with the publish to test accounts or accessible by URL only features.
I have downloaded this chrome extension https://github.com/jeffreyiacono/penalty-blox
When I load it via load unpacked extension it gives me this error
1.manifest_version key must be present and set to 2
I solved it via adding manifest_version in manifest.json
2.After this when I reload it,The icon is coming but when I click on it nothing is working(looks like background.html is not working)
What changes should I do so that it workes perfectly?