Chrome extension: load different content scripts
Just in the interest of completeness, the way you'd do this from the manifest is to have as many matches
blocks under "content_scripts" as needed:
"content_scripts": [
{
"matches": ["http://www.google.com/*"],
"css": ["mygooglestyles.css"],
"js": ["jquery.js", "mygooglescript.js"]
},
{
"matches": ["http://www.yahoo.com/*"],
"css": ["myyahoostyles.css"],
"js": ["jquery.js", "myyahooscript.js"]
}
],
Rather than using content scripts that are bound to URL expressions specified in the manifest, you should use executeScript, which lets you programmatically decide when to inject a JS snippet or file:
// background.js
chrome.tabs.onUpdated.addListener((tabId, changeInfo, tab) => {
// there are other status stages you may prefer to inject after
if (changeInfo.status === "complete") {
const url = new URL(tab.url);
if (url.hostname === "www.stackoverflow.com") {
// this is the line which injects the script
chrome.tabs.executeScript(tabId, {file: "content_script.js"});
}
}
});
Make sure to add tabs
permission to manifest.json:
{
// ...settings omitted...
"permissions": [
"tabs", // add me
]
}
you should use Programmatic injection
chrome.tabs.executeScript(null, {file: "content_script.js"});