downloads.DangerType

The DangerType type of the downloads API defines a set of possible reasons that a downloadable file might be considered dangerous.

A downloads.DownloadItem's danger property will contain a string taken from the values defined in this type.

Note: These string constants will never change, however the set of DangerTypes may change.

Type

Values of this type are strings. Possible values are:

file

The download's filename is suspicious.

url

The download's URL is known to be malicious.

content

The downloaded file is known to be malicious.

uncommon

The download's URL is not commonly downloaded.

host

The download came from a host known to distribute malicious binaries.

unwanted

The download is potentially unwanted or unsafe.

safe

The download presents no known danger to the user's computer.

accepted

The user has accepted the dangerous download.

Browser compatibility

BCD tables only load in the browser

Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.downloads API.