Limit Chrome Extension to certain URLs?
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Is there a way to limit a Chrome extension to only run on certain urls?
Say I want the extension to run only if the domain is Amazon.com. I realize you can put a check at the top of the scripts, then execute the rest of the script only if the check matches.
However, can you prevent the extension from running at all?
google-chrome google-chrome-extension asked May 8 '12 at 18:23
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Is there a way to limit a Chrome extension to only run on certain urls?
Say I want the extension to run only if the domain is Amazon.com. I realize you can put a check at the top of the scripts, then execute the rest of the script only if the check matches.
However, can you prevent the extension from running at all?
google-chrome google-chrome-extension asked May 8 '12 at 18:23
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Is there a way to limit a Chrome extension to only run on certain urls?
Say I want the extension to run only if the domain is Amazon.com. I realize you can put a check at the top of the scripts, then execute the rest of the script only if the check matches.
However, can you prevent the extension from running at all?
google-chrome google-chrome-extension asked May 8 '12 at 18:23
amp343
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Is there a way to limit a Chrome extension to only run on certain urls?
Say I want the extension to run only if the domain is Amazon.com. I realize you can put a check at the top of the scripts, then execute the rest of the script only if the check matches.
However, can you prevent the extension from running at all?
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Welp, it figures I would find the answer to this right after posting the question, even though I have been stuck for a while...
http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/content_scripts.html
In manifest.json:
"content_scripts": [
{
"matches": [...urls...],
"exclude_matches": [...urls...],
"css": [...]
}
]
edited May 9 '16 at 10:31
Skarlinski
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answered May 8 '12 at 18:38
amp343
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FYI This doesn't prevent the script from running, it prevents chrome from injecting it into pages that don't match.
– Jim Schubert
May 8 '12 at 18:44
1
True, I guess that was the nature of my original question, should have worded it more carefully, Thanks.
– amp343
May 8 '12 at 18:58
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There's a Chrome extension for this: Extension Automation. I had gone the route of modifying manifests before, but this is easier.
answered Jul 7 '16 at 16:16
Joe Fusion
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It's 404 Not Found.
– Balasubramani M
Oct 28 at 5:17
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As a user, with Chrome 71 (or maybe even before) with chrome://flags/#extension-active-script-permission (you may need to enable User consent for extension scripts flag) allows you to right click extension icons and select "This can read and change site data" then you can choose:
- When you click the extension
- On current-domain-name.com
- On all sites (default)
This way you can limit an extension to only run on certain domains very quickly.
answered Nov 15 at 8:47
Wernight
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Limit as a user, or as a developer?
– Xan
Nov 15 at 11:27
@Xan You're right the question isn't very clear either, so I added "as a user".
– Wernight
Nov 19 at 13:56
I believe that from the context: 1) It's a question on StackOverflow (and not, say, Super User), 2) The original author self-responded with "how to do it through an extension manifest", the intent here is a developer question. Which makes it important to at least note that developers have no control over this mechanism. Though it's not fully off-topic as developers need to be aware of this, and may need to inform the users of this.
– Xan
Nov 19 at 14:02
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3 Answers
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active
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up vote
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Welp, it figures I would find the answer to this right after posting the question, even though I have been stuck for a while...
http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/content_scripts.html
In manifest.json:
"content_scripts": [
{
"matches": [...urls...],
"exclude_matches": [...urls...],
"css": [...]
}
]
edited May 9 '16 at 10:31
Skarlinski
1,627521
answered May 8 '12 at 18:38
amp343
611410
4
FYI This doesn't prevent the script from running, it prevents chrome from injecting it into pages that don't match.
– Jim Schubert
May 8 '12 at 18:44
1
True, I guess that was the nature of my original question, should have worded it more carefully, Thanks.
– amp343
May 8 '12 at 18:58
add a comment |
up vote
14
down vote
Welp, it figures I would find the answer to this right after posting the question, even though I have been stuck for a while...
http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/content_scripts.html
In manifest.json:
"content_scripts": [
{
"matches": [...urls...],
"exclude_matches": [...urls...],
"css": [...]
}
]
edited May 9 '16 at 10:31
Skarlinski
1,627521
answered May 8 '12 at 18:38
amp343
611410
4
FYI This doesn't prevent the script from running, it prevents chrome from injecting it into pages that don't match.
– Jim Schubert
May 8 '12 at 18:44
1
True, I guess that was the nature of my original question, should have worded it more carefully, Thanks.
– amp343
May 8 '12 at 18:58
add a comment |
up vote
14
down vote
up vote
14
down vote
Welp, it figures I would find the answer to this right after posting the question, even though I have been stuck for a while...
http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/content_scripts.html
In manifest.json:
"content_scripts": [
{
"matches": [...urls...],
"exclude_matches": [...urls...],
"css": [...]
}
]
edited May 9 '16 at 10:31
Skarlinski
1,627521
answered May 8 '12 at 18:38
amp343
611410
Welp, it figures I would find the answer to this right after posting the question, even though I have been stuck for a while...
http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/content_scripts.html
In manifest.json:
"content_scripts": [
{
"matches": [...urls...],
"exclude_matches": [...urls...],
"css": [...]
}
]
edited May 9 '16 at 10:31
Skarlinski
1,627521
answered May 8 '12 at 18:38
amp343
611410
edited May 9 '16 at 10:31
Skarlinski
1,627521
edited May 9 '16 at 10:31
Skarlinski
1,627521
edited May 9 '16 at 10:31
Skarlinski
1,627521
1,627521
answered May 8 '12 at 18:38
amp343
611410
answered May 8 '12 at 18:38
amp343
611410
answered May 8 '12 at 18:38
amp343
611410
611410
4
FYI This doesn't prevent the script from running, it prevents chrome from injecting it into pages that don't match.
– Jim Schubert
May 8 '12 at 18:44
1
True, I guess that was the nature of my original question, should have worded it more carefully, Thanks.
– amp343
May 8 '12 at 18:58
add a comment |
4
FYI This doesn't prevent the script from running, it prevents chrome from injecting it into pages that don't match.
– Jim Schubert
May 8 '12 at 18:44
1
True, I guess that was the nature of my original question, should have worded it more carefully, Thanks.
– amp343
May 8 '12 at 18:58
4
4
FYI This doesn't prevent the script from running, it prevents chrome from injecting it into pages that don't match.
– Jim Schubert
May 8 '12 at 18:44
FYI This doesn't prevent the script from running, it prevents chrome from injecting it into pages that don't match.
– Jim Schubert
May 8 '12 at 18:44
1
1
True, I guess that was the nature of my original question, should have worded it more carefully, Thanks.
– amp343
May 8 '12 at 18:58
True, I guess that was the nature of my original question, should have worded it more carefully, Thanks.
– amp343
May 8 '12 at 18:58
add a comment |
up vote
3
down vote
There's a Chrome extension for this: Extension Automation. I had gone the route of modifying manifests before, but this is easier.
answered Jul 7 '16 at 16:16
Joe Fusion
414
It's 404 Not Found.
– Balasubramani M
Oct 28 at 5:17
add a comment |
up vote
3
down vote
There's a Chrome extension for this: Extension Automation. I had gone the route of modifying manifests before, but this is easier.
answered Jul 7 '16 at 16:16
Joe Fusion
414
It's 404 Not Found.
– Balasubramani M
Oct 28 at 5:17
add a comment |
up vote
3
down vote
up vote
3
down vote
There's a Chrome extension for this: Extension Automation. I had gone the route of modifying manifests before, but this is easier.
answered Jul 7 '16 at 16:16
Joe Fusion
414
There's a Chrome extension for this: Extension Automation. I had gone the route of modifying manifests before, but this is easier.
answered Jul 7 '16 at 16:16
Joe Fusion
414
answered Jul 7 '16 at 16:16
Joe Fusion
414
answered Jul 7 '16 at 16:16
Joe Fusion
414
answered Jul 7 '16 at 16:16
Joe Fusion
414
414
It's 404 Not Found.
– Balasubramani M
Oct 28 at 5:17
add a comment |
It's 404 Not Found.
– Balasubramani M
Oct 28 at 5:17
It's 404 Not Found.
– Balasubramani M
Oct 28 at 5:17
It's 404 Not Found.
– Balasubramani M
Oct 28 at 5:17
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
As a user, with Chrome 71 (or maybe even before) with chrome://flags/#extension-active-script-permission (you may need to enable User consent for extension scripts flag) allows you to right click extension icons and select "This can read and change site data" then you can choose:
- When you click the extension
- On current-domain-name.com
- On all sites (default)
This way you can limit an extension to only run on certain domains very quickly.
answered Nov 15 at 8:47
Wernight
21.3k1696116
Limit as a user, or as a developer?
– Xan
Nov 15 at 11:27
@Xan You're right the question isn't very clear either, so I added "as a user".
– Wernight
Nov 19 at 13:56
I believe that from the context: 1) It's a question on StackOverflow (and not, say, Super User), 2) The original author self-responded with "how to do it through an extension manifest", the intent here is a developer question. Which makes it important to at least note that developers have no control over this mechanism. Though it's not fully off-topic as developers need to be aware of this, and may need to inform the users of this.
– Xan
Nov 19 at 14:02
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
As a user, with Chrome 71 (or maybe even before) with chrome://flags/#extension-active-script-permission (you may need to enable User consent for extension scripts flag) allows you to right click extension icons and select "This can read and change site data" then you can choose:
- When you click the extension
- On current-domain-name.com
- On all sites (default)
This way you can limit an extension to only run on certain domains very quickly.
answered Nov 15 at 8:47
Wernight
21.3k1696116
Limit as a user, or as a developer?
– Xan
Nov 15 at 11:27
@Xan You're right the question isn't very clear either, so I added "as a user".
– Wernight
Nov 19 at 13:56
I believe that from the context: 1) It's a question on StackOverflow (and not, say, Super User), 2) The original author self-responded with "how to do it through an extension manifest", the intent here is a developer question. Which makes it important to at least note that developers have no control over this mechanism. Though it's not fully off-topic as developers need to be aware of this, and may need to inform the users of this.
– Xan
Nov 19 at 14:02
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
As a user, with Chrome 71 (or maybe even before) with chrome://flags/#extension-active-script-permission (you may need to enable User consent for extension scripts flag) allows you to right click extension icons and select "This can read and change site data" then you can choose:
- When you click the extension
- On current-domain-name.com
- On all sites (default)
This way you can limit an extension to only run on certain domains very quickly.
answered Nov 15 at 8:47
Wernight
21.3k1696116
As a user, with Chrome 71 (or maybe even before) with chrome://flags/#extension-active-script-permission (you may need to enable User consent for extension scripts flag) allows you to right click extension icons and select "This can read and change site data" then you can choose:
- When you click the extension
- On current-domain-name.com
- On all sites (default)
This way you can limit an extension to only run on certain domains very quickly.
answered Nov 15 at 8:47
Wernight
21.3k1696116
edited Nov 19 at 13:54
answered Nov 15 at 8:47
Wernight
21.3k1696116
answered Nov 15 at 8:47
Wernight
21.3k1696116
answered Nov 15 at 8:47
Wernight
21.3k1696116
21.3k1696116
Limit as a user, or as a developer?
– Xan
Nov 15 at 11:27
@Xan You're right the question isn't very clear either, so I added "as a user".
– Wernight
Nov 19 at 13:56
I believe that from the context: 1) It's a question on StackOverflow (and not, say, Super User), 2) The original author self-responded with "how to do it through an extension manifest", the intent here is a developer question. Which makes it important to at least note that developers have no control over this mechanism. Though it's not fully off-topic as developers need to be aware of this, and may need to inform the users of this.
– Xan
Nov 19 at 14:02
add a comment |
Limit as a user, or as a developer?
– Xan
Nov 15 at 11:27
@Xan You're right the question isn't very clear either, so I added "as a user".
– Wernight
Nov 19 at 13:56
I believe that from the context: 1) It's a question on StackOverflow (and not, say, Super User), 2) The original author self-responded with "how to do it through an extension manifest", the intent here is a developer question. Which makes it important to at least note that developers have no control over this mechanism. Though it's not fully off-topic as developers need to be aware of this, and may need to inform the users of this.
– Xan
Nov 19 at 14:02
Limit as a user, or as a developer?
– Xan
Nov 15 at 11:27
Limit as a user, or as a developer?
– Xan
Nov 15 at 11:27
@Xan You're right the question isn't very clear either, so I added "as a user".
– Wernight
Nov 19 at 13:56
@Xan You're right the question isn't very clear either, so I added "as a user".
– Wernight
Nov 19 at 13:56
I believe that from the context: 1) It's a question on StackOverflow (and not, say, Super User), 2) The original author self-responded with "how to do it through an extension manifest", the intent here is a developer question. Which makes it important to at least note that developers have no control over this mechanism. Though it's not fully off-topic as developers need to be aware of this, and may need to inform the users of this.
– Xan
Nov 19 at 14:02
I believe that from the context: 1) It's a question on StackOverflow (and not, say, Super User), 2) The original author self-responded with "how to do it through an extension manifest", the intent here is a developer question. Which makes it important to at least note that developers have no control over this mechanism. Though it's not fully off-topic as developers need to be aware of this, and may need to inform the users of this.
– Xan
Nov 19 at 14:02
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