/* global promisify deepCopy */
/* exported msg API */
// deepCopy is only used if the script is executed in extension pages.
'use strict';
const msg = (() => {
const runtimeSend = promisify(chrome.runtime.sendMessage.bind(chrome.runtime));
const tabSend = chrome.tabs && promisify(chrome.tabs.sendMessage.bind(chrome.tabs));
const tabQuery = chrome.tabs && promisify(chrome.tabs.query.bind(chrome.tabs));
const isBg = chrome.extension.getBackgroundPage && chrome.extension.getBackgroundPage() === window;
if (isBg) {
window._msg = {
handler: null,
clone: deepCopy
};
}
const bgReady = getBg();
const EXTENSION_URL = chrome.runtime.getURL('');
let handler;
const RX_NO_RECEIVER = /Receiving end does not exist/;
// typo in Chrome 49
const RX_PORT_CLOSED = /The message port closed before a res?ponse was received/;
return {
send,
sendTab,
sendBg,
broadcast,
broadcastTab,
broadcastExtension,
ignoreError,
on,
onTab,
onExtension,
off,
RX_NO_RECEIVER,
RX_PORT_CLOSED
function getBg() {
return Promise.resolve(window);
if (!chrome.runtime.getBackgroundPage) {
return Promise.resolve();
return promisify(chrome.runtime.getBackgroundPage.bind(chrome.runtime))()
.catch(() => null);
function send(data, target = 'extension') {
const message = {data, target};
return runtimeSend(message).then(unwrapData);
function sendTab(tabId, data, options, target = 'tab') {
return tabSend(tabId, {data, target}, options)
.then(unwrapData);
function sendBg(data) {
return bgReady.then(bg => {
if (bg) {
if (!bg._msg.handler) {
throw new Error('there is no bg handler');
const handlers = bg._msg.handler.extension.concat(bg._msg.handler.both);
// in FF, the object would become a dead object when the window
// is closed, so we have to clone the object into background.
return Promise.resolve(executeCallbacks(handlers, bg._msg.clone(data), {url: location.href}))
.then(deepCopy);
return send(data);
});
function ignoreError(err) {
if (err.message && (
RX_NO_RECEIVER.test(err.message) ||
RX_PORT_CLOSED.test(err.message)
)) {
return;
console.warn(err);
function broadcast(data, filter) {
return Promise.all([
send(data, 'both').catch(ignoreError),
broadcastTab(data, filter, null, true, 'both')
]);
function broadcastTab(data, filter, options, ignoreExtension = false, target = 'tab') {
return tabQuery({})
// TODO: send to activated tabs first?
.then(tabs => {
const requests = [];
for (const tab of tabs) {
const isExtension = tab.url.startsWith(EXTENSION_URL);
if (
tab.discarded ||
// FIXME: use `URLS.supported`?
!/^(http|ftp|file)/.test(tab.url) &&
!tab.url.startsWith('chrome://newtab/') &&
!isExtension ||
isExtension && ignoreExtension ||
filter && !filter(tab)
) {
continue;
const dataObj = typeof data === 'function' ? data(tab) : data;
if (!dataObj) {
const message = {data: dataObj, target};
if (tab && tab.id) {
requests.push(
tabSend(tab.id, message, options)
.then(unwrapData)
.catch(ignoreError)
);
return Promise.all(requests);
function broadcastExtension(...args) {
return send(...args).catch(ignoreError);
function on(fn) {
initHandler();
handler.both.push(fn);
function onTab(fn) {
handler.tab.push(fn);
function onExtension(fn) {
handler.extension.push(fn);
function off(fn) {
for (const type of ['both', 'tab', 'extension']) {
const index = handler[type].indexOf(fn);
if (index >= 0) {
handler[type].splice(index, 1);
function initHandler() {
if (handler) {
handler = {
both: [],
tab: [],
extension: []
window._msg.handler = handler;
chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener(handleMessage);
function executeCallbacks(callbacks, ...args) {
let result;
for (const fn of callbacks) {
const data = withPromiseError(fn, ...args);
if (data !== undefined && result === undefined) {
result = data;
return result;
function handleMessage(message, sender, sendResponse) {
const handlers = message.target === 'tab' ?
handler.tab.concat(handler.both) : message.target === 'extension' ?
handler.extension.concat(handler.both) :
handler.both.concat(handler.extension, handler.tab);
if (!handlers.length) {
const result = executeCallbacks(handlers, message.data, sender);
if (result === undefined) {
Promise.resolve(result)
.then(
data => ({
error: false,
data
}),
err => ({
error: true,
data: Object.assign({
message: err.message || String(err),
// FIXME: do we want to pass the entire stack?
stack: err.stack
}, err) // this allows us to pass custom properties e.g. `err.index`
})
)
.then(sendResponse);
return true;
function withPromiseError(fn, ...args) {
try {
return fn(...args);
} catch (err) {
return Promise.reject(err);
// {type, error, data, id}
function unwrapData(result) {
throw new Error('Receiving end does not exist');
if (result.error) {
throw Object.assign(new Error(result.data.message), result.data);
return result.data;
})();
const API = new Proxy({}, {
get: (target, name) =>
(...args) => Promise.resolve(msg.sendBg({
method: 'invokeAPI',
name,
args
}))