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  6. extension.setUpdateUrlData()

extension.setUpdateUrlData()

Sets parameters for the extension's update URL. This value is ignored for extensions that are hosted in the browser vendor's store.

Syntax

js
browser.extension.setUpdateUrlData(
  data // string
)

Parameters

data

string.

Examples

Browser compatibility

Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Firefox for Android
Safari on iOS
setUpdateUrlData
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 9 (Release date: 2011-02-03)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No 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
footnote No support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support

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Full support
No support

Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.extension API. This documentation is derived from extension.json in the Chromium code.

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