Wext-manifest NPM

wext-manifest

Webextension Manifest Generator

Generate browser tailored manifest.json for Web Extensions

Browser Support

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This module will take a definition input for the manifest, and return you filename and content for the specified browser.

Looking for Web Extension starter?

Checkout web-extension-starter that uses this package

Installation

npm install --save wext-manifest

Usage

const wextManifest = require("wext-manifest");

const input = {
	manifest_version: 2,
	name: "Sample WebExtension",
	version: "0.0.1",

	icons: {
		"16": "assets/icons/favicon-16.png",
		"32": "assets/icons/favicon-32.png",
		"48": "assets/icons/favicon-48.png",
		"128": "assets/icons/favicon-128.png"
	},

	description: "Sample description",
	homepage_url: "https://github.com/abhijithvijayan/web-extension-starter",
	short_name: "Sample Name",

	permissions: ["tabs", "storage", "http://*/*", "https://*/*"],
	content_security_policy: "script-src 'self' 'unsafe-eval'; object-src 'self'",

	"__chrome|firefox__author": "abhijithvijayan",
	__opera__developer: {
		name: "abhijithvijayan"
	},

	__firefox__applications: {
		gecko: { id: "{754FB1AD-CC3B-4856-B6A0-7786F8CA9D17}" }
	},

	__chrome__minimum_chrome_version: "49",
	__opera__minimum_opera_version: "36",

	browser_action: {
		default_popup: "popup.html",
		default_icon: {
			"16": "assets/icons/favicon-16.png",
			"32": "assets/icons/favicon-32.png",
			"48": "assets/icons/favicon-48.png",
			"128": "assets/icons/favicon-128.png"
		},
		default_title: "tiny title",
		"__chrome|opera__chrome_style": false,
		__firefox__browser_style: false
	},

	"__chrome|opera__options_page": "options.html",

	options_ui: {
		page: "options.html",
		open_in_tab: true,
		__chrome__chrome_style: false
	}
};

console.log(wextManifest.firefox(input));
// => { name: 'manifest.json', content: '{"manifest_version":2...' }

What are vendor prefixed manifest keys?

Vendor prefixed manifest keys allow you to write one manifest.json for multiple vendors.

{
  "__chrome__name": "AwesomeChrome",
  "__firefox__name": "AwesomeFox",
  "__edge__name": "AwesomeEdge",
  "__opera__name": "AwesomeOpera"
}

if the vendor is chrome this compiles to:

{
  "name": "AwesomeChrome",
}

Add keys to multiple vendors by seperating them with | in the prefix

{
  __chrome|opera__name: "AwesomeExtension"
}

if the vendor is chrome or opera, this compiles to:

{
  "name": "AwesomeExtension"
}

With Webpack

You can easily use this module together with the write-webpack-plugin to output the manifest file as part of your build process.

The following example will create extension/firefox/manifest.json when TARGET_BROWSER=firefox.

const path = require("path");
const wextManifest = require("wext-manifest");
const WriteWebpackPlugin = require("write-webpack-plugin");

const targetBrowser = process.env.TARGET_BROWSER;

const manifest = wextManifest[targetBrowser]({
	// Manifest input
});

module.exports = {
	// ...

	output: {
		path: path.join(__dirname, "extension", targetBrowser),
		filename: "[name].js"
	},

	plugins: [
		// ...

		new WriteWebpackPlugin([
			{ name: manifest.name, data: Buffer.from(manifest.content) }
		])
	]
};