But controlling a content script from a page/browser action is possible but frustrating. Accessing localstorage, sessionstorage and the html5 database is only possible through messaging with an extension which will next pull it out and respond to every request (relatively slow and relatively complicated (took me about a day to get it working as expected and still some object don't get correctly send back and forth)).
On Jan 18, 5:49 pm, hexid <[email protected]> wrote: > modifying a pages dom is somewhat simple with jquery and a > content_script... > > I don't know if you can access a page's database unless you have > credentials that can access it...and then you will probably have to > use XHR to access a php file that is pulling the data from the > database...and in some cases putting data into it... > > On Jan 18, 9:36 am, GreatS <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > That - however - still doesn't allow me to directly access the > > database of the current page, let me be a bit more specific: A page > > action that wants to access the pages database (or even dom) is > > ridiculously complicated (impossible for database access by my > > knowledge). Or am I missing something? > > > On Jan 18, 7:04 am, PhistucK <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > You can do this - > > > document.write("<script>alert(localStorage[\"bla\"])</script>") > > > And so on. > > > > ☆PhistucK > > > > On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 22:06, GreatS > > > <[email protected] > > > > > wrote: > > > > After asking for permissions for a certain domain in the > > > > manifest.json, shouldn't you also have access to the database/ > > > > localstorage for these domains from your extension. Naturally one can > > > > do this with an extremely complicated script through the messaging > > > > features, however I would not regard that a practical option. > > > > Essentially I would suggest something like: > > > > chrome.extension.domain("example.com", function(){ > > > > //Everything here is regarded by the browser as if its on > > > > example.com > > > > }); > > > > Already for two different features I have been developing this would > > > > have saved me a lot of work and I think it would make quite a number > > > > of things incomparably easier to program. > > > > > Either way, back to my original question, would anybody know of some > > > > trick to access the database of the website where my content scripts > > > > run without the messaging features? > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups > > > > "Chromium-extensions" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]<chromium-extensions%2Bunsu > > > > [email protected]> > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions?hl=en.
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