management
Get information about installed add-ons.
With the management API you can:
- get information about installed add-ons
- enable/disable add-ons
- uninstall add-ons
- find out which permission warnings are given for particular add-ons or manifests
- get notifications of add-ons being installed, uninstalled, enabled, or disabled.
Most of these operations require the "management" API permission. Operations that don't provide access to other add-ons don't require this permission.
Types
management.ExtensionInfo-
An object that contains information about an installed add-on.
Functions
management.getAll()-
Returns information about all installed add-ons.
management.get()-
Returns information about a particular add-on, given its ID.
management.getSelf()-
Returns information about the calling add-on.
management.install()-
Installs a particular theme, given its URL at addons.mozilla.org.
management.uninstall()-
Uninstalls a particular add-on, given its ID.
management.uninstallSelf()-
Uninstalls the calling add-on.
management.getPermissionWarningsById()-
Get the set of permission warnings for a particular add-on, given its ID.
management.getPermissionWarningsByManifest()-
Get the set of permission warnings that would be displayed for the given manifest string.
management.setEnabled()-
Enable/disable a particular add-on, given its ID.
Events
management.onInstalled-
Fired when an add-on is installed.
management.onUninstalled-
Fired when an add-on is uninstalled.
management.onEnabled-
Fired when an add-on is enabled.
management.onDisabled-
Fired when an add-on is disabled.
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
Example extensions
Note:
This API is based on Chromium's chrome.management API. This documentation is derived from management.json in the Chromium code.