This method has been deprecated. Use runtime.sendMessage instead.
Sends a single request to other listeners within the extension. Similar to runtime.connect, but only sends a single request with an optional response. The extension.onRequest event is fired in each page of the extension.
Syntax
chrome.extension.sendRequest(
extensionId, // optional string
request, // any
function(response) {...} // optional function
)
This API is also available as browser.extension.sendRequest() in a version that returns a promise.
Parameters
extensionIdOptionalstring. The extension ID of the extension you want to connect to. If omitted, default is your own extension.requestany.responseCallbackOptionalfunction. The function is passed the following arguments:responseany. The JSON response object sent by the handler of the request. If an error occurs while connecting to the extension, the callback will be called with no arguments andruntime.lastErrorwill be set to the error message.
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table in this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Firefox for Android | Opera | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | Yes | No | No | No | No |
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.
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