runtime.getManifest()

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Get the complete manifest.json file, deserialized from JSON to an object.

Syntax

browser.runtime.getManifest()

Parameters

None.

Return value

An object representing the manifest.

Browser compatibility

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Examples

Get the manifest and log the “name” property:

let manifest = browser.runtime.getManifest();
console.log(manifest.name);

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[!NOTE] This API is based on Chromium’s chrome.runtime API. This documentation is derived from runtime.json in the Chromium code.