Reading the docs was the first thing I did :-) And yes, although there is an option for inter-extension messaging, I don't see there a way for even querying available extensions (aside from scraping chrome://extensions as you suggested).
On Dec 30, 1:20 am, Nebojša Ćirić <c...@chromium.org> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Rumith <jaffar.rum...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > > I'm writing a Google Chrome extension that needs to do a lot of things > > with other extensions, such as: > > > * List installed extensions and read their IDs > > I am not sure if this is the only way (or if it would work), but you could > scrape chrome://extensions page for the info. > > > * Request extension installation, update and removal (preferably > > without bothering the user) > > * Modify extension settings > > > and so on. Which of these are possible, and which are not (due to e.g. > > security considerations)? > > Public API (http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/api_index.html) lists > all allowed operations your extension can do. I don't think there is a call > that would let you modify other extension settings... > > Take a look at messaging for a possible way of talking to other extensions > (http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/messaging.html). > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Chromium-extensions" group. > > To post to this group, send email to chromium-extensi...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > chromium-extensions+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<chromium-extensions%2Bunsu > > bscr...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chromium-extensions" group. To post to this group, send email to chromium-extensi...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to chromium-extensions+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions?hl=en.
