runtime.getManifest()
Get the extension's manifest.json file as an object. The object is created from browser-internal data structures and can differ from a representation produced by running JSON.parse() on the file in the extension.
Syntax
js
browser.runtime.getManifest()
Parameters
None.
Return value
An object representing the manifest.
Examples
Get the manifest and log the "name" property:
js
let manifest = browser.runtime.getManifest();
console.log(manifest.name);
Example extensions
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See also
- The
runtime.getVersion()method, which returns the value of theversionmanifest key.
Note:
This API is based on Chromium's chrome.runtime API. This documentation is derived from runtime.json in the Chromium code.