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runtime.getManifest()

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Get the extension's manifest.json file as an object. The object is created from browser-internal data structures and can differ from a representation produced by running JSON.parse() on the file in the extension.

Syntax

js-nolint
browser.runtime.getManifest()

Parameters

None.

Return value

An object representing the manifest.

Examples

Get the manifest and log the "name" property:

js
let manifest = browser.runtime.getManifest();
console.log(manifest.name);

{{WebExtExamples}}

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

See also

  • The {{WebExtAPIRef("runtime.getVersion()")}} method, which returns the value of the version manifest key.

[!NOTE] This API is based on Chromium's chrome.runtime API. This documentation is derived from runtime.json in the Chromium code.

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