alarms.onAlarm

Fired when any alarm set by the extension goes off.

Syntax

browser.alarms.onAlarm.addListener(listener)
browser.alarms.onAlarm.removeListener(listener)
browser.alarms.onAlarm.hasListener(listener)

Events have three functions:

• addListener(listener)
  • : Adds a listener to this event.
• removeListener(listener)
  • : Stop listening to this event. The listener argument is the listener to remove.
• hasListener(listener)
  • : Check whether listener is registered for this event. Returns true if it is listening, false otherwise.

addListener syntax

Parameters

• listener
  • : The function called when this event occurs. The function is passed this argument:
    • alarm
      • : {{WebExtAPIRef('alarms.Alarm')}}. The alarm that fired. Use Alarm.name to figure out which alarm fired.

Examples

Handle an alarm going off:

function handleAlarm(alarmInfo) {
  console.log(`on alarm: ${alarmInfo.name}`);
}

browser.alarms.onAlarm.addListener(handleAlarm);

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Browser compatibility

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[!NOTE] This API is based on Chromium's chrome.alarms API.