chrome.webRequest not working?

Question

I\'m trying to implement the chrome.webRequest API in my extension but for some reason it\'s just not working no matter what I do. Can someone post an example of usage? or c

Answer 1

Well for an example of usage I can give you this working code. I wrote it this way because the other way seems backwards to me but that is just my personal preference, they should both work the same.

Manifest

{
  "name": "Chrome webrequest test",
  "version": "0.1",
  "description": "A test for webrequest",
  "manifest_version": 2,
  "permissions": [
    "","webRequest","webRequestBlocking"
  ],
  "background": {
    "scripts": ["bgp.js"],
    "persistent": true
  }
}

bgp.js

chrome.webRequest.onBeforeSendHeaders.addListener(function(details){
  //console.log(JSON.stringify(details));
  var headers = details.requestHeaders,
  blockingResponse = {};

  // Each header parameter is stored in an array. Since Chrome
  // makes no guarantee about the contents/order of this array,
  // you'll have to iterate through it to find for the
  // 'User-Agent' element
  for( var i = 0, l = headers.length; i < l; ++i ) {
    if( headers[i].name == 'User-Agent' ) {
      headers[i].value = '>>> Your new user agent string here <<<';
      console.log(headers[i].value);
      break;
    }
    // If you want to modify other headers, this is the place to
    // do it. Either remove the 'break;' statement and add in more
    // conditionals or use a 'switch' statement on 'headers[i].name'
  }

  blockingResponse.requestHeaders = headers;
  return blockingResponse;
},
{urls: [ "" ]},['requestHeaders','blocking']);