chrome.pageCapture
- Description
Use the
chrome.pageCapture
API to save a tab as MHTML. - Permissions
pageCapture
MHTML is a standard format supported by most browsers. It encapsulates in a single file a page and all its resources (CSS files, images..).
Note that for security reasons a MHTML file can only be loaded from the file system and that it can only be loaded in the main frame.
Manifest #
You must declare the "pageCapture" permission in the extension manifest to use the pageCapture API. For example:
{
"name": "My extension",
...
"permissions": [
"pageCapture"
],
...
}
Summary
- Methods
chrome.pageCapture.saveAsMHTML(details: object, callback: function)
Methods
saveAsMHTML
chrome.pageCapture.saveAsMHTML(details: object, callback: function)
Saves the content of the tab with given id as MHTML.
Parameters
- detailsobject
- tabIdnumber
The id of the tab to save as MHTML.
- callbackfunction
Called when the MHTML has been generated.
The callback parameter should be a function that looks like this:
(mhtmlData: ArrayBuffer) => {...}
- mhtmlDataArrayBuffer
The MHTML data as a Blob.