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extension.getBackgroundPage()

Alias for runtime.getBackgroundPage().

Syntax

chrome.extension.getBackgroundPage()

This API is also available as browser.extension.getBackgroundPage().

Parameters

None.

Return value

object. Window of the background page.

Browser compatibility

Chrome Edge Firefox Firefox for Android Opera
Basic support Yes Yes 45.0 48.0 33

Examples

Suppose a background script defines a function foo():

// background.js

function foo() {
  console.log("I'm defined in background.js");
}

A script running in a popup can call this function directly like this:

// popup.js

var page = chrome.extension.getBackgroundPage();
page.foo(); // -> "I'm defined in background.js"

Example add-ons

Acknowledgements

This API is based on Chromium's chrome.extension API. This documentation is derived from extension.json in the Chromium code.

Microsoft Edge compatibility data is supplied by Microsoft Corporation and is included here under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

Document Tags and Contributors

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