management
Get information about installed add-ons.
With the management
API you can:
- get information about installed add-ons
- enable/disable add-ons
- uninstall add-ons
- find out which permission warnings are given for particular add-ons or manifests
- get notifications of add-ons being installed, uninstalled, enabled, or disabled.
Most of these operations require the "management" API permission. Operations that don't provide access to other add-ons don't require this permission.
Types
management.ExtensionInfo
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An object that contains information about an installed add-on.
Functions
management.getAll()
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Returns information about all installed add-ons.
management.get()
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Returns information about a particular add-on, given its ID.
management.getSelf()
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Returns information about the calling add-on.
management.install()
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Installs a particular theme, given its URL at addons.mozilla.org.
management.uninstall()
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Uninstalls a particular add-on, given its ID.
management.uninstallSelf()
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Uninstalls the calling add-on.
management.getPermissionWarningsById()
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Get the set of permission warnings for a particular add-on, given its ID.
management.getPermissionWarningsByManifest()
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Get the set of permission warnings that would be displayed for the given manifest string.
management.setEnabled()
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Enable/disable a particular add-on, given its ID.
Events
management.onInstalled
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Fired when an add-on is installed.
management.onUninstalled
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Fired when an add-on is uninstalled.
management.onEnabled
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Fired when an add-on is enabled.
management.onDisabled
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Fired when an add-on is disabled.
Browser compatibility
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setEnabled | |||||||
uninstall | |||||||
uninstallSelf | |||||||
uninstallSelf.dialogMessage |
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- No support
- See implementation notes.
- Has more compatibility info.
Example extensions
Note:
This API is based on Chromium's chrome.management
API. This documentation is derived from management.json
in the Chromium code.