alarms.get()

Gets an alarm, given its name.

This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise.

Syntax

var getAlarm = browser.alarms.get(
  name                   // optional string
)

Parameters

nameOptional

string. The name of the alarm to get. If you don't supply this, the empty string "" will be used.

Return value

A Promise that will be fulfilled with an Alarm object. This represents the alarm whose name matches name. If no alarms match, this will be undefined.

Browser compatibility

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Examples

function gotAlarm(alarm) {
  if (alarm) {
    console.log(alarm.name);
  }
}
var getAlarm = browser.alarms.get("my-periodic-alarm");
getAlarm.then(gotAlarm);