Hi Dave,
I want to use the extension crontab to automate calling another extension using message passing. Would you consider adding some functionality for sending user-specified message to another extension, using the already defined message passing capability of the browser?
Chrome (and firefox) support cross-extension messaging for the purpose of "calling" another extension which can be very useful for automating all kinds of tasks that can then be initiated from a recipe in crontabs.
For chrome, the mechanics of cross-extension messaging is described further on the following page, search for "cross-extension" to find it:
https://chrome-apps-doc2.appspot.com/extensions/messaging.html
For firefox, cross-extenasion/addon messaging is described here
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/runtime/sendMessage
I think cross-extension messaging would be a huge step forward in generalizing the crontabs extension to be able to handle arbitrary tasks!
Thx
RR
Hi Dave,
I want to use the extension crontab to automate calling another extension using message passing. Would you consider adding some functionality for sending user-specified message to another extension, using the already defined message passing capability of the browser?
Chrome (and firefox) support cross-extension messaging for the purpose of "calling" another extension which can be very useful for automating all kinds of tasks that can then be initiated from a recipe in crontabs.
For chrome, the mechanics of cross-extension messaging is described further on the following page, search for "cross-extension" to find it:
https://chrome-apps-doc2.appspot.com/extensions/messaging.html
For firefox, cross-extenasion/addon messaging is described here
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/runtime/sendMessage
I think cross-extension messaging would be a huge step forward in generalizing the crontabs extension to be able to handle arbitrary tasks!
Thx
RR