Building Browser Extensions: Create Modern Extensions for Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge

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M. FrisbieBuilding Browser Extensionshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8725-5_13

13. Networking

Matt Frisbie¹  

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California, CA, USA

 

As you wade deeper into browser extension development, you will quickly realize that there are some interesting idiosyncrasies when it comes to sending network requests. Although browser extensions and web pages use the same APIs and network layers to send requests, there are fundamental differences that you will need to surmount when building a well-formed browser extension. This chapter will cover some core areas of extension networking: dispatching network requests, authentication, and browser extension networking APIs. ...