Not implemented: This is not implemented in Firefox because it has been deprecated since Chrome 33. Please use runtime.onMessageExternal instead.
Fired when a request is sent from another extension.
Syntax
browser.extension.onRequestExternal.addListener(function(
request, // optional any
sender, // runtime.MessageSender
function() {...} // function
) {...})
browser.extension.onRequestExternal.removeListener(listener)
browser.extension.onRequestExternal.hasListener(listener)
Events have three functions:
addListener(callback)- 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
callback-
Function that will be called when this event occurs. The function will be passed the following arguments:
requestany. The request sent by the calling script.
senderruntime.MessageSender.
sendResponsefunction. Function to call when you have a response. The argument should be any JSON-ifiable object, or undefined if there is no response.
Browser compatibility
Acknowledgements
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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