How to get extension version?

[Oleg Sokolov]

What method should I use to get my extension's version in the code?

[Alchemy Code]

Hi,

you can try:

function getVersion() {
var version = 'NaN';
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open('GET', chrome.extension.getURL('manifest.json'), false);
xhr.send(null);
var manifest = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText);
return manifest.version;
}


but maybe there's an easier way to do that :)

[PhistucK]

var manifest = new XMLHttpRequest();

manifest.open("get", "/manifest.json", true);

manifest.onreadystatechange = function (e) { if (manifest.readyState == 4) { alert(JSON.parse(manifest.responseText).version); } };

manifest.send({});

Should be good. ;)

☆PhistucK

On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 14:25, Oleg Sokolov <oleso...@gmail.com> wrote:

What method should I use to get my extension's version in the code?

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[GigAtom]

This should work:

var version = chrome.app.getDetails().version;

[Scott Fujan]

I confirm that chrome.app.getDetails() works; even for an extension, and even in stable. However, I can't find any documentation on it, even at:

http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/trunk/api_index.html

Am I missing something?

On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 11:11 AM, GigAtom <tgre...@bnet.at> wrote:

This should work:

var version = chrome.app.getDetails().version;

[Michael Gundlach]

Weird; I just tried console.log(chrome.app.getDetails()) from a content script and got null, in Chrome Dev.

?

[Scott Fujan]

I tested in the background page

[CqN on cr-48 devchannel 0.12.397.0]

On cr-48 stable, on an ext in the foreground, this

var version = chrome.app.getDetails().version;
alert(version) hangs the whole chrome, requiring power reboot!!

CqN

On Jun 16, 10:00 am, Scott Fujan <sc...@fujan.name> wrote:
> I tested in the background page
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> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Michael Gundlach <
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> adblockforchr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Weird; I just tried console.log(chrome.app.getDetails()) from a content
> > script and got null, in Chrome Dev.
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> > ?
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> > On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Scott Fujan <sc...@fujan.name> wrote:
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> >> I confirm that chrome.app.getDetails() works; even for an extension, and
> >> even in stable. However, I can't find any documentation on it, even at:
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> >>http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/trunk/api_index.html
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> >> Am I missing something?
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> >> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 11:11 AM, GigAtom <tgrei...@bnet.at> wrote:
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> >>> This should work:
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> >>> var version = chrome.app.getDetails().version;
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[GigAtom]

Did you report this problem? ...if not: http://new.crbug.com



On Jun 16, 7:10 pm, "CqN on cr-48 devchannel 0.12.397.0"

[Kathy Walrath]

I'll look into this. Thanks for the email, PhistucK.

-k-

On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 11:26 AM, PhistucK <phis...@gmail.com> wrote:

Kathy, can the documentation be updates to include this information? this is much better than using XMLHttpRequest.

Also (or alternatively), can this function be introduced inside chrome.extension?

☆PhistucK

[PhistucK]

Kathy, can the documentation be updates to include this information? this is much better than using XMLHttpRequest.

Also (or alternatively), can this function be introduced inside chrome.extension?

☆PhistucK

On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 19:44, Scott Fujan <sc...@fujan.name> wrote:

[Oleg Sokolov]

Thanks a lot for all answers

[dhw]

If you have reproducible problems using
chrome.app.getDetails().version, first try the sample extension in:

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=86363#c4

and also try to provide the simplest possible extension that exhibits
this problem into the bug report. Thanks.

[Michael Gundlach]

Oleg,

Be aware that PhistucK's version is asynchronous, so the version will only be available inside the onreadystatechange listener.  Alchemy Code's synchronous approach would probably work better for you.

[dmitri...@postindustria.com]

chrome.app.getDetails() is deprecated now

you should use chrome.runtime.getManifest()

You can get current version of your application from chrome.runtime.getManifest().version
This code works for both web application and extension. Just be sure to call it from correct scope