downloads.show()

The show() function of the downloads API shows the downloaded file in its containing folder in the underlying platform's file manager.

This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise.

Syntax

js
let showing = browser.downloads.show(
  downloadId             // integer
)

Parameters

downloadId

An integer representing the ID of the DownloadItem to show.

Return value

A Promise. If the request succeeds, the promise will be fulfilled with a boolean about whether the request was successful. If the request fails, the promise will be rejected with an error message.

Examples

This example shows the most recently downloaded item:

js
function onShowing(success) {
  console.log(`Showing download item: ${success}`);
}

function onError(error) {
  console.log(`Error opening item: ${error}`);
}

function openDownload(downloadItems) {
  if (downloadItems.length > 0) {
    latestDownloadId = downloadItems[0].id;
    let showing = browser.downloads.show(latestDownloadId);
    showing.then(onShowing, onError);
  }
}

let searching = browser.downloads.search({
  limit: 1,
  orderBy: ["-startTime"],
});

searching.then(openDownload, onError);

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Firefox for Android
Safari on iOS
show
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 22 (Release date: 2012-09-25)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 48 (Release date: 2016-08-02)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android 48 – 68 (Release date: 2016-08-02)
footnote Removed in 79 and later
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support

Legend

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support

Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.downloads API.