Controlling a Firefox Extension via Javascript

Question

Is it possible, using javascript, to control an overlay firefox extension? I\'ve extracted the contents of the extension and have identified what functions/methods I need to

Answer 1

Update for Firefox 47 and up

Things changed drastically in Firefox 47. This is the new way to access it.

var XPIScope = Cu.import('resource://gre/modules/addons/XPIProvider.jsm');
var addonid = 'Profilist@jetpack';
var scope = XPIScope.XPIProvider.activeAddons.get(addonid).bootstrapScope

Old way for < Firefox 47

Update for methods of today

Typically you will do so like this:

If i wanted to get into AdBlocks scope, I check AdBlock id, it is {d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d} so I would go:

var XPIScope = Cu.import('resource://gre/modules/addons/XPIProvider.jsm');
var adblockScope = XPIScope.XPIProvider.bootstrapScopes['{d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d}'];

You can now tap into anything there.

Another example, I have an addon installed with id NativeShot@jetpack

I would tap into it like this:

var XPIScope = Cu.import('resource://gre/modules/addons/XPIProvider.jsm');
var nativeshotScope = XPIScope.XPIProvider.bootstrapScopes['NativeShot@jetpack'];

if you do console.log(nativeshotScope) you will see all that is inside.