// Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be // found in the LICENSE file. [ { "namespace": "permissions", "description": "Use the <code>chrome.permissions</code> API to request <a href='permissions#manifest'>declared optional permissions</a> at run time rather than install time, so users understand why the permissions are needed and grant only those that are necessary.", "types": [ { "id": "Permissions", "type": "object", "properties": { "permissions": { "type": "array", "items": {"type": "string"}, "optional": true, "description": "List of named permissions (does not include hosts or origins). Anything listed here must appear in the <code>optional_permissions</code> list in the manifest." }, "origins": { "type": "array", "items": {"type": "string"}, "optional": true, "description": "List of origin permissions. Anything listed here must be a subset of a host that appears in the <code>optional_permissions</code> list in the manifest. For example, if <code>http://*.example.com/</code> or <code>http://*/</code> appears in <code>optional_permissions</code>, you can request an origin of <code>http://help.example.com/</code>. Any path is ignored." } } } ], "events": [ { "name": "onAdded", "type": "function", "description": "Fired when the extension acquires new permissions.", "parameters": [ { "$ref": "Permissions", "name": "permissions", "description": "The newly acquired permissions." } ] }, { "name": "onRemoved", "type": "function", "description": "Fired when access to permissions has been removed from the extension.", "parameters": [ { "$ref": "Permissions", "name": "permissions", "description": "The permissions that have been removed." } ] } ], "functions": [ { "name": "getAll", "type": "function", "description": "Gets the extension's current set of permissions.", "parameters": [ { "name": "callback", "type": "function", "parameters": [ { "name": "permissions", "$ref": "Permissions", "description": "The extension's active permissions." } ] } ] }, { "name": "contains", "type": "function", "description": "Checks if the extension has the specified permissions.", "parameters": [ { "name": "permissions", "$ref": "Permissions" }, { "name": "callback", "type": "function", "parameters": [ { "name": "result", "type": "boolean", "description": "True if the extension has the specified permissions." } ] } ] }, { "name": "request", "type": "function", "description": "Requests access to the specified permissions. These permissions must be defined in the optional_permissions field of the manifest. If there are any problems requesting the permissions, $(ref:runtime.lastError) will be set.", "parameters": [ { "name": "permissions", "$ref": "Permissions" }, { "name": "callback", "type": "function", "optional": true, "parameters": [ { "name": "granted", "type": "boolean", "description": "True if the user granted the specified permissions." } ] } ] }, { "name": "remove", "type": "function", "description": "Removes access to the specified permissions. If there are any problems removing the permissions, $(ref:runtime.lastError) will be set.", "parameters": [ { "name": "permissions", "$ref": "Permissions" }, { "name": "callback", "type": "function", "optional": true, "parameters": [ { "name": "removed", "type": "boolean", "description": "True if the permissions were removed." } ] } ] } ] } ]