alarms.onAlarm
Fired when any alarm set by the extension goes off.
Syntax
js
browser.alarms.onAlarm.addListener(listener)
browser.alarms.onAlarm.removeListener(listener)
browser.alarms.onAlarm.hasListener(listener)
Events have three functions:
addListener(listener)
-
Adds a listener to this event.
removeListener(listener)
-
Stop listening to this event. The
listener
argument is the listener to remove. hasListener(listener)
-
Check whether
listener
is registered for this event. Returnstrue
if it is listening,false
otherwise.
addListener syntax
Parameters
listener
-
The function called when this event occurs. The function is passed this argument:
alarm
-
alarms.Alarm
. The alarm that fired. UseAlarm.name
to figure out which alarm fired.
Examples
Handle an alarm going off:
js
function handleAlarm(alarmInfo) {
console.log(`on alarm: ${alarmInfo.name}`);
}
browser.alarms.onAlarm.addListener(handleAlarm);
Example extensions
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.alarms
API.