runtime.requestUpdateCheck()

Checks to see if an update for this extension is available.

Syntax

browser.runtime.requestUpdateCheck(
  function(status, details) {...} // function
)

Parameters

callback

function. The function is passed the following arguments:

status

runtime.RequestUpdateCheckStatus. Result of the update check.

detailsOptional

object. If status is "update_available", this contains more information about the update. It is an object containing a single property:

version

string. The update's version.

Browser compatibility

• Desktop
• Mobile

	Edge	Firefox	Chrome	Opera
Basic support	?	No	Yes	33

	Firefox
Basic support	No

Examples

Acknowledgements

This API is based on Chromium's chrome.runtime API. This documentation is derived from runtime.json in the Chromium code.

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