permissions.onAdded
Fires when the extension is granted permissions.
Syntax
js
browser.permissions.onAdded.addListener(listener)
browser.permissions.onAdded.removeListener(listener)
browser.permissions.onAdded.hasListener(listener)
Events have three functions:
addListener(listener)-
Adds a listener to this event.
removeListener(listener)-
Stop listening to this event. The
listenerargument is the listener to remove. hasListener(listener)-
Check whether
listeneris registered for this event. Returnstrueif it is listening,falseotherwise.
addListener syntax
Parameters
listener-
The function called when this event occurs. The function is passed this argument:
permissions-
permissions.Permissionsobject containing the permissions that were granted.
Examples
js
function handleAdded(permissions) {
console.log(`New API permissions: ${permissions.permissions}`);
console.log(`New host permissions: ${permissions.origins}`);
console.log(
`New data collection permissions: ${permissions.data_collection}`,
);
}
browser.permissions.onAdded.addListener(handleAdded);
Example extensions
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Note:
This API is based on Chromium's chrome.permissions API.