Use chrome.downloads.show(id) and showDefaultFolder() api is extension.

[Vikas Pushkar]

using chome.downlaods.downlaod(option,callback) i have downloaded a file. i want to use the information of that file in extension. like size,type,path etc. i thought show and showDefaultFolder can help me out.

but i am not sure how to use it.

Thanks

[Antony Sargent]

The show and showDefaultFolder methods just open the OS native file manager navigated to the downloaded file file, or default downloads directory, respectively. They don't return any information about the downloaded item, they just let the user interact with the file using the OS native file manager. 

You can get the data you're interested in (mime, fileSize, filename) from the onChanged event (watch for a state of "complete" if you don't care about these until the download is finished). 

 

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