For these of you not aware of the world of internet extension growth, a storm is brewing with Chrome. Google will cease assist for manifest model 2, which is what the overwhelming majority of internet extensions use. Manifest model 3 sees many adjustments however the largest change is transferring from persistent background scripts to service employees. This…is…a…large…change.
Modifications from manifest model 2 to model 3 embrace:
- Going from persistent background script to a service employee that may die after 5 minutes
- No use of
<iframe>components or different DOM APIs from the service employee - All APIs have grow to be Promise-based
- Restrictions on content material from a CSP perspective
One operate that internet extensions usually make use of is executing scripts upon every new web page load. For an internet extension like MetaMask, we have to present a world window.ethereum for dApps to make use of. So how will we try this with manifest model 3?
As of Chrome v102, builders can outline a world property with a worth of remoted or fundamental (within the web page) for content material scripts. Whereas builders ought to outline content_scripts within the extension’s manifest.json file, the fundamental worth actually solely works (resulting from a Chrome bug) while you programmatically outline it from the service employee:
await chrome.scripting.registerContentScripts([
{
id: 'inpage',
matches: ['http://*/*', 'https://*/*'],
js: ['in-page.js'],
runAt: 'document_start',
world: 'MAIN',
},
]);
Within the instance above, in-page.js is injected and executed inside the principle content material tab each time a brand new web page is loaded. This in-page.js file units window.ethereum for all dApps to make use of. If the world is undefined or remoted, the script would nonetheless execute however would achieve this in an remoted atmosphere.
Manifest model 3 work is kind of the slog so please hug your closest extension developer. There are a lot of large structural adjustments and navigating these adjustments is a brutal push!
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