set getSelf to equal a function

[brianzhou13]

I was getting errors with getSelf when using this script.

[xpl]

@brianzhou13 Thanks for the PR! However, I just checked with my Chrome (Version 79.0.3945.130 (Official Build) (64-bit)), and it behaves just fine with the previous getSelf usage.

It didn't load correctly using the code from your fix :(

We need to sort out why this is happening. The official documentation says clearly that getSelf is a function accepting a callback (and this is how I used it):

https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/management#method-getSelf

chrome.management.getSelf(function callback)

The only reason I can see this could happen is that you're trying to call getSelf from a wrong context. It can only be called from background context (and other internal contexts), but you might be trying to call it from webpage context, which does not provide Management API.

If you put hot-reload.js into background context, then getSelf should work just fine:

    "background": { "scripts": ["hot-reload.js"] }

See also this: Extensions Architecture for more info on script contexts.

[brianzhou13]

mmm, interesting. I'll give it another shot!

I might've gotten bit by the issue you were talking about (calling getSelf from the context of a content-script rather than the background). I'll give this another try when I get back home later tonight.

Thanks for the quick and lengthy response!