Getting local PDF's URL using a Content Script
When accessing pdfs for Google Chrome, the browser uses its own extension to read and show PDFs. I would like to get the URL from a local source file "file:///C:/Users/Test/Desktop/test%20extension/test.pdf" using a content script.
My goal is to eventually get the text of this PDF so that I can read through it, and the pdf.js library I am using requires the URL of the pdf.
On the chrome-extension://mhjfbmdgcfjbbpaeojofohoefgiehjai/index.html file, the below element holds this data.
<embed id="plugin" type="application/x-google-chrome-pdf" src="file:///C:/Users/Test/Desktop/test%20extension/test.pdf" stream-url="blob:chrome-extension://mhjfbmdgcfjbbpaeojofohoefgiehjai/e268f61a-7f6c-44ab-9218-7193dc73a783" headers="" background-color="0xFF525659" top-toolbar-height="56" javascript="allow" full-frame="">
I have embedded my content script as shown below in manifest.json:
"content_scripts": [
{
"matches": ["*://*/*.pdf"],
"js": ["contentScript.js"]
}
],
My content script has the following code which I believe should pull this URL:
var fileUrl = document.getElementById('plugin').src;
console.log('The file URL is : ' + fileUrl);
My goal is to get the console.log() above to return the fileUrl ("file:///C:/Users/Test/Desktop/test%20extension/test.pdf"). Does anyone have suggestions on how to do this? Is it possible that I am not calling my content script correctly?
javascript pdf
google-chrome-extension content-script asked Jan 2 at 3:40
Brendon GallagherBrendon Gallagher
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When accessing pdfs for Google Chrome, the browser uses its own extension to read and show PDFs. I would like to get the URL from a local source file "file:///C:/Users/Test/Desktop/test%20extension/test.pdf" using a content script.
My goal is to eventually get the text of this PDF so that I can read through it, and the pdf.js library I am using requires the URL of the pdf.
On the chrome-extension://mhjfbmdgcfjbbpaeojofohoefgiehjai/index.html file, the below element holds this data.
<embed id="plugin" type="application/x-google-chrome-pdf" src="file:///C:/Users/Test/Desktop/test%20extension/test.pdf" stream-url="blob:chrome-extension://mhjfbmdgcfjbbpaeojofohoefgiehjai/e268f61a-7f6c-44ab-9218-7193dc73a783" headers="" background-color="0xFF525659" top-toolbar-height="56" javascript="allow" full-frame="">
I have embedded my content script as shown below in manifest.json:
"content_scripts": [
{
"matches": ["*://*/*.pdf"],
"js": ["contentScript.js"]
}
],
My content script has the following code which I believe should pull this URL:
var fileUrl = document.getElementById('plugin').src;
console.log('The file URL is : ' + fileUrl);
My goal is to get the console.log() above to return the fileUrl ("file:///C:/Users/Test/Desktop/test%20extension/test.pdf"). Does anyone have suggestions on how to do this? Is it possible that I am not calling my content script correctly?
javascript pdf
google-chrome-extension content-script asked Jan 2 at 3:40
Brendon GallagherBrendon Gallagher
12
Local files are special so you need an additional match pattern that starts with file:// and when your extension is installed from the web store the users will have to enable the file access toggle in extension's details on chrome://extensions page.
– wOxxOm
Jan 2 at 4:13
Thank you so much! Changing the match pattern to "file://" did the trick!
– Brendon Gallagher
Jan 4 at 2:41
add a comment |
When accessing pdfs for Google Chrome, the browser uses its own extension to read and show PDFs. I would like to get the URL from a local source file "file:///C:/Users/Test/Desktop/test%20extension/test.pdf" using a content script.
My goal is to eventually get the text of this PDF so that I can read through it, and the pdf.js library I am using requires the URL of the pdf.
On the chrome-extension://mhjfbmdgcfjbbpaeojofohoefgiehjai/index.html file, the below element holds this data.
<embed id="plugin" type="application/x-google-chrome-pdf" src="file:///C:/Users/Test/Desktop/test%20extension/test.pdf" stream-url="blob:chrome-extension://mhjfbmdgcfjbbpaeojofohoefgiehjai/e268f61a-7f6c-44ab-9218-7193dc73a783" headers="" background-color="0xFF525659" top-toolbar-height="56" javascript="allow" full-frame="">
I have embedded my content script as shown below in manifest.json:
"content_scripts": [
{
"matches": ["*://*/*.pdf"],
"js": ["contentScript.js"]
}
],
My content script has the following code which I believe should pull this URL:
var fileUrl = document.getElementById('plugin').src;
console.log('The file URL is : ' + fileUrl);
My goal is to get the console.log() above to return the fileUrl ("file:///C:/Users/Test/Desktop/test%20extension/test.pdf"). Does anyone have suggestions on how to do this? Is it possible that I am not calling my content script correctly?
javascript pdf
google-chrome-extension content-script asked Jan 2 at 3:40
Brendon GallagherBrendon Gallagher
12
When accessing pdfs for Google Chrome, the browser uses its own extension to read and show PDFs. I would like to get the URL from a local source file "file:///C:/Users/Test/Desktop/test%20extension/test.pdf" using a content script.
My goal is to eventually get the text of this PDF so that I can read through it, and the pdf.js library I am using requires the URL of the pdf.
On the chrome-extension://mhjfbmdgcfjbbpaeojofohoefgiehjai/index.html file, the below element holds this data.
<embed id="plugin" type="application/x-google-chrome-pdf" src="file:///C:/Users/Test/Desktop/test%20extension/test.pdf" stream-url="blob:chrome-extension://mhjfbmdgcfjbbpaeojofohoefgiehjai/e268f61a-7f6c-44ab-9218-7193dc73a783" headers="" background-color="0xFF525659" top-toolbar-height="56" javascript="allow" full-frame="">
I have embedded my content script as shown below in manifest.json:
"content_scripts": [
{
"matches": ["*://*/*.pdf"],
"js": ["contentScript.js"]
}
],
My content script has the following code which I believe should pull this URL:
var fileUrl = document.getElementById('plugin').src;
console.log('The file URL is : ' + fileUrl);
My goal is to get the console.log() above to return the fileUrl ("file:///C:/Users/Test/Desktop/test%20extension/test.pdf"). Does anyone have suggestions on how to do this? Is it possible that I am not calling my content script correctly?
javascript pdf
google-chrome-extension content-script javascript pdf
google-chrome-extension content-script asked Jan 2 at 3:40
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asked Jan 2 at 3:40
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asked Jan 2 at 3:40
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asked Jan 2 at 3:40
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Local files are special so you need an additional match pattern that starts with file:// and when your extension is installed from the web store the users will have to enable the file access toggle in extension's details on chrome://extensions page.
– wOxxOm
Jan 2 at 4:13
Thank you so much! Changing the match pattern to "file://" did the trick!
– Brendon Gallagher
Jan 4 at 2:41
add a comment |
Local files are special so you need an additional match pattern that starts with file:// and when your extension is installed from the web store the users will have to enable the file access toggle in extension's details on chrome://extensions page.
– wOxxOm
Jan 2 at 4:13
Thank you so much! Changing the match pattern to "file://" did the trick!
– Brendon Gallagher
Jan 4 at 2:41
Local files are special so you need an additional match pattern that starts with file:// and when your extension is installed from the web store the users will have to enable the file access toggle in extension's details on chrome://extensions page.
– wOxxOm
Jan 2 at 4:13
Local files are special so you need an additional match pattern that starts with file:// and when your extension is installed from the web store the users will have to enable the file access toggle in extension's details on chrome://extensions page.
– wOxxOm
Jan 2 at 4:13
Thank you so much! Changing the match pattern to "file://" did the trick!
– Brendon Gallagher
Jan 4 at 2:41
Thank you so much! Changing the match pattern to "file://" did the trick!
– Brendon Gallagher
Jan 4 at 2:41
add a comment |
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as @wOxxOm suggested, changing the "matches" pattern from
"matches": "*://*/*.pdf"
to
"matches": "file://*/*.pdf"
did the trick!!
answered Jan 4 at 2:43
Brendon GallagherBrendon Gallagher
12
Note that the suggestion was to add that as a second pattern, not change it. You may get both permissions when you're developing the extension because already-granted permissions are remembered between reloads, but it won't persist if you reinstall it.
– Xan
Jan 4 at 12:58
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as @wOxxOm suggested, changing the "matches" pattern from
"matches": "*://*/*.pdf"
to
"matches": "file://*/*.pdf"
did the trick!!
answered Jan 4 at 2:43
Brendon GallagherBrendon Gallagher
12
Note that the suggestion was to add that as a second pattern, not change it. You may get both permissions when you're developing the extension because already-granted permissions are remembered between reloads, but it won't persist if you reinstall it.
– Xan
Jan 4 at 12:58
add a comment |
as @wOxxOm suggested, changing the "matches" pattern from
"matches": "*://*/*.pdf"
to
"matches": "file://*/*.pdf"
did the trick!!
answered Jan 4 at 2:43
Brendon GallagherBrendon Gallagher
12
Note that the suggestion was to add that as a second pattern, not change it. You may get both permissions when you're developing the extension because already-granted permissions are remembered between reloads, but it won't persist if you reinstall it.
– Xan
Jan 4 at 12:58
add a comment |
as @wOxxOm suggested, changing the "matches" pattern from
"matches": "*://*/*.pdf"
to
"matches": "file://*/*.pdf"
did the trick!!
answered Jan 4 at 2:43
Brendon GallagherBrendon Gallagher
12
as @wOxxOm suggested, changing the "matches" pattern from
"matches": "*://*/*.pdf"
to
"matches": "file://*/*.pdf"
did the trick!!
answered Jan 4 at 2:43
Brendon GallagherBrendon Gallagher
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answered Jan 4 at 2:43
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answered Jan 4 at 2:43
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answered Jan 4 at 2:43
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Note that the suggestion was to add that as a second pattern, not change it. You may get both permissions when you're developing the extension because already-granted permissions are remembered between reloads, but it won't persist if you reinstall it.
– Xan
Jan 4 at 12:58
add a comment |
Note that the suggestion was to add that as a second pattern, not change it. You may get both permissions when you're developing the extension because already-granted permissions are remembered between reloads, but it won't persist if you reinstall it.
– Xan
Jan 4 at 12:58
Note that the suggestion was to add that as a second pattern, not change it. You may get both permissions when you're developing the extension because already-granted permissions are remembered between reloads, but it won't persist if you reinstall it.
– Xan
Jan 4 at 12:58
Note that the suggestion was to add that as a second pattern, not change it. You may get both permissions when you're developing the extension because already-granted permissions are remembered between reloads, but it won't persist if you reinstall it.
– Xan
Jan 4 at 12:58
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Local files are special so you need an additional match pattern that starts with file:// and when your extension is installed from the web store the users will have to enable the file access toggle in extension's details on chrome://extensions page.
– wOxxOm
Jan 2 at 4:13
Thank you so much! Changing the match pattern to "file://" did the trick!
– Brendon Gallagher
Jan 4 at 2:41