electron-chrome-web-store

Install and update Chrome extensions from the Chrome Web Store for Electron.

Usage

npm install electron-chrome-web-store

Enable downloading extensions from the Chrome Web Store

const { app, BrowserWindow, session } = require('electron')
const { installChromeWebStore } = require('electron-chrome-web-store')

app.whenReady().then(async () => {
  const browserSession = session.defaultSession
  const browserWindow = new BrowserWindow({
    webPreferences: {
      session: browserSession,
    },
  })

  // Install Chrome web store and wait for extensions to load
  await installChromeWebStore({ session: browserSession })

  browserWindow.loadURL('https://chromewebstore.google.com/')
})

Install and update extensions programmatically

const { app, session } = require('electron')
const { installExtension, updateExtensions } = require('electron-chrome-web-store')

app.whenReady().then(async () => {
  // Install Dark Reader
  await installExtension('eimadpbcbfnmbkopoojfekhnkhdbieeh')

  // Install React Developer Tools with file:// access
  await installExtension('fmkadmapgofadopljbjfkapdkoienihi', {
    loadExtensionOptions: { allowFileAccess: true },
  })

  // Install uBlock Origin Lite to custom session
  await installExtension('ddkjiahejlhfcafbddmgiahcphecmpfh', {
    session: session.fromPartition('persist:browser'),
  })

  // Check and install updates for all loaded extensions
  await updateExtensions()
})

To enable full support for Chrome extensions in Electron, install electron-chrome-extensions.

API

installChromeWebStore

Installs Chrome Web Store support in the specified session.

• options
  • session: The Electron session to enable the Chrome Web Store in. Defaults to session.defaultSession.
  • modulePath: The path to the 'electron-chrome-web-store' module.
  • extensionsPath: The path to the extensions directory. Defaults to 'Extensions/' in the app's userData path.
  • autoUpdate: Whether to auto-update web store extensions at startup and once every 5 hours. Defaults to true.
  • loadExtensions: A boolean indicating whether to load extensions installed by Chrome Web Store. Defaults to true.
  • allowUnpackedExtensions: A boolean indicating whether to allow loading unpacked extensions. Only loads if loadExtensions is also enabled. Defaults to false.
  • allowlist: An array of allowed extension IDs to install.
  • denylist: An array of denied extension IDs to install.

installExtension

Installs Chrome extension from the Chrome Web Store.

• extensionId: The Chrome Web Store extension ID to install.
• options
  • session: The Electron session to load extensions in. Defaults to session.defaultSession.
  • extensionsPath: The path to the extensions directory. Defaults to 'Extensions/' in the app's userData path.
  • loadExtensionOptions: Extension options passed into session.loadExtension.

updateExtensions

Checks loaded extensions for updates and installs any if available.

• session: The Electron session to load extensions in. Defaults to session.defaultSession.

loadAllExtensions

Loads all extensions from the specified directory.

• session: The Electron session to load extensions in.
• extensionsPath: The path to the directory containing the extensions.
• options: An object with the following property:
  • allowUnpacked: A boolean indicating whether to allow loading unpacked extensions. Defaults to false.

[!NOTE] The installChromeWebStore API will automatically load web store extensions by default.

License

MIT