webext-patterns

Tool to convert the patterns and globs of your WebExtension manifest to regex

This might be incomplete. Please help me test it by adding more pattern and URLs to the tests.

Install

You can download the standalone bundle and include it in your manifest.json.

Or use npm:

npm install webext-patterns

// This module is only offered as a ES Module
import {patternToRegex} from 'webext-patterns';

Usage

patternToRegex('http://*/*');
// Returns /^http:\/\/?.+\/.+$/

const gmailRegex = patternToRegex('*://mail.google.com/*');
gmailRegex.test('https://mail.google.com/a/b/c'); // -> true
gmailRegex.test('https://photos.google.com/a/b/c'); // -> false

// Also accepts an array of patterns and returns a single regex
const googleRegex = patternToRegex(
    'https://google.com/*',
    'https://google.it/*'
);
googleRegex.test('https://google.it/search'); // -> true
googleRegex.test('https://google.de/search'); // -> false

API

patternToRegex(pattern1, pattern2, etc)

Accepts any number of string arguments and returns a single regex to match all of them.

Related

Permissions

• webext-additional-permissions - Get any optional permissions that users have granted you.
• webext-dynamic-content-scripts - Automatically registers your content_scripts on domains added via permission.request

Others

• webext-options-sync - Helps you manage and autosave your extension's options. Chrome and Firefox.
• webext-storage-cache - Map-like promised cache storage with expiration. Chrome and Firefox
• webext-detect-page - Detects where the current browser extension code is being run. Chrome and Firefox.
• webext-content-script-ping - One-file interface to detect whether your content script have loaded.
• web-ext-submit - Wrapper around Mozilla’s web-ext to submit extensions to AMO.
• Awesome-WebExtensions - A curated list of awesome resources for WebExtensions development.

License

MIT © Federico Brigante