Cross-Origin XMLHttpRequest in chrome extensions

Question

According to chrome extensions API cross-origin calls using XMLHttpRequest object should be allowed if permissions are set:

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Answer 1

Two things; you need to make sure you are making a packaged app/extension and not a hosted one. Cross origin requests will not work with hosted apps. Assuming you got that part pinned down, you may want to try to put the following into your permissions: http://*/ . That's the only one I have for one of my packaged apps, and it does cross origin stuff without any problems.