Grunt-extension-manifest NPM

grunt-extension-manifest

Compile one manifest for chrome and safari extensions.

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.5

npm install grunt-extension-manifest --save-dev

Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-extension-manifest');

The "extension_manifest" task

Overview

In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named extension_manifest to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().

Options

options.file

Type: String Default value: 'config.json'

This is the location of the config file.

options.dest

Type: String Default value: './'

This is the destination folder of the compiled manifest.json, Info.plist, and Settings.plist.

Usage Example

grunt.initConfig({
  extension_manifest: {
    default: {
      file: 'configure.json',
      dest: './'
    }
  }
});

Configure.json

{
  "name" : "Your Extension",
  "author" : "John Smith",
  "version" : "0.2.2",
  "bundleID" : "com.yourcompany.extension",
  "databaseQuota" : "10",


  "description" : "This is awesome",
  "website" : "http://your-domain.com",


  "permissions" : [
    "secureWebsites",
    "websites",
    "notifications"
  ],

  "options_page": "options.html",
  "background" : "background.html",
  "popup" : "popup.html",


  "options" : [
    {
      "title" : "Full Name",
      "type" : "text",
      "key" : "name",
      "default": "John Smith"
    },
    {
      "title" : "Mailing List",
      "type" : "checkbox",
      "key" : "email",
      "default": true
    },
    {
      "title" : "What you want",
      "type" : "list",
      "key" : "list",
      "default": "all",
      "titles" : ["Food"],
      "values" : ["food"]
    }
  ]
}