runtime.getURL()
Given a relative path from themanifest.json to a resource packaged with the extension, return a fully-qualified URL.
This function doesnot check that the resource actually exists at that URL.
Syntax
js
browser.runtime.getURL( path // string)
Parameters
path
string
. A relative path from themanifest.json to a resource packaged with the extension.
Return value
string
. The fully-qualified URL to the resource within the extension.
Examples
Given a file packaged with the extension at "beasts/frog.html", get the full URL like this:
js
let fullURL = browser.runtime.getURL("beasts/frog.html");console.log(fullURL);// Returns something like:// moz-extension://2c127fa4-62c7-7e4f-90e5-472b45eecfdc/beasts/frog.html
Example extensions
Browser compatibility
Note:This API is based on Chromium'schrome.runtime
API. This documentation is derived fromruntime.json
in the Chromium code.