26 lines
831 B
TypeScript
26 lines
831 B
TypeScript
import { createMessenger } from 'chrome-extension-toolkit';
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type MyMessages = {
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openNewTab: (data: { url: string }) => void;
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};
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const messenger = createMessenger<MyMessages>('background');
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/**
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* Content scripts and background scripts are isolated environments.
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* Content scripts are where our code interacting with the webpage lives,
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* whereas the background script is where we can open a tab from.
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* This function allows us to open a new tab from the content script by communicating
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* with the background script.
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*/
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export async function openTabFromContentScript(url: string) {
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messenger
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.openNewTab({ url })
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.then(() => {
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console.log('New tab opened with URL:', url);
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})
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.catch(error => {
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console.error('Error opening new tab:', error);
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});
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}
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