Register a defined Content Script at runtime
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Description
Feature Request
I use defineContentScript() for some Logic behind Feature-Toggles. To dynamically inject them I have set registration: "runtime", as well.
When I now try to inject these at runtime using browser.scripting.registerContentScripts() I have to specify paths to css and js artifacts generated from my content script directory (e.g. bundled css files from scss code). This pretty much defeats the purpose of the easy to use wxt build system.
I would like to be able to reference my defined Content Script with variable/import References, for example like this:
// entrypoints/my.content/index.ts
export default defineContentScript({ registration: "runtime", ... })
// entrypoints/background.ts
import myContent from "./entrypoints/my.content";
export default defineBackground(() => {
browser.scripting.registerContentScripts([myContent]); // <- not possible because types do not match
// post-bundle information on the script (and its parts) is not exposed
// ... some time later
browser.scripting.unregisterContentScripts([myContent]);
});
Is your feature request related to a bug?
"N/A"
What are the alternatives?
Working around this by looking into the built artifacts and specifying every file for every content script manually.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing the defineContentScript declaration in entrypoints/my.content/index.ts and its use from entrypoints/background.ts. Read how runtime content scripts are represented after bundling, then verify that the resulting reference can be passed to browser.scripting.registerContentScripts() and unregisterContentScripts() without manually locating generated artifacts.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- build-system, developer-experience
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100