What exactly does 'install' command do? #9
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Your questionHi!
But what is the process exactly? Does it somehow inform browsers about the data stored in JSON available via And can I do this installation manually, like maybe manually copying the said JSON to some browser specific location? I'm particularly interested in Firefox on Linux -- I see this mentioned in the README but would be grateful for some more details (especially about the exact paths). Thanks :) Addon & CoApp version and details
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The install command creates JSON files into these directories: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Native_manifests#linux - it also runs some flatpak magic commands to make it so that the coapp is seen by sandboxed browsers. Then Firefox search for JSON files in these directories, and it runs the command and communicate with the binary through regular pipes (stdin/stdout). You can look at the code yourself right here: https://github.com/aclap-dev/vdhcoapp/blob/master/app/src/native-autoinstall.js |
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Thanks, @paulrouget ! So, basically, something like this: should work? As I understand, Firefox looks for the configuration JSON in one of the mentioned directories, and the filename is the package id + Because after doing this, Firefox still doesn't think the companion app is installed :) (Just in case, my Firefox is not flatpaked but just a usual binary .tag.gz install.) |
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No. That output is unrelated to net.downloadhelper.coapp.json. But why don't you run the The json format should be: {
"type": "stdio",
"allowed_extensions": [
"[email protected]",
"[email protected]",
"{b9db16a4-6edc-47ec-a1f4-b86292ed211d}"
],
"name": "net.downloadhelper.coapp",
"description": "Video DownloadHelper companion app",
"path": "<path to vdhcoapp binary>"
} |
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Thanks again, Paul! |
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No. That output is unrelated to net.downloadhelper.coapp.json.
But why don't you run the
vdhcoapp installcommand to just create the file?The json format should be:
{ "type": "stdio", "allowed_extensions": [ "[email protected]", "[email protected]", "{b9db16a4-6edc-47ec-a1f4-b86292ed211d}" ], "name": "net.downloadhelper.coapp", "description": "Video DownloadHelper companion app", "path": "<path to vdhcoapp binary>" }