Add read-only access to POST data for webRequest's onBeforeRequest

chrome/common/extensions/api/web_request.json

Index: chrome/common/extensions/api/web_request.json
diff --git a/chrome/common/extensions/api/web_request.json b/chrome/common/extensions/api/web_request.json
index af94afe869f5b54bae7412ffbe85889105e7099c..1398464e247a1790f19feb50300ab0b2b4f28fc2 100644
--- a/chrome/common/extensions/api/web_request.json
+++ b/chrome/common/extensions/api/web_request.json
@@ -106,6 +106,30 @@
               "method": {"type": "string", "description": "Standard HTTP method."},
               "frameId": {"type": "integer", "description": "The value 0 indicates that the request happens in the main frame; a positive value indicates the ID of a subframe in which the request happens. If the document of a (sub-)frame is loaded (<code>type</code> is <code>main_frame</code> or <code>sub_frame</code>), <code>frameId</code> indicates the ID of this frame, not the ID of the outer frame. Frame IDs are unique within a tab."},
               "parentFrameId": {"type": "integer", "description": "ID of frame that wraps the frame which sent the request. Set to -1 if no parent frame exists."},
+              "requestBody": {
+                "type": "object",
+                "optional": true,
+                "description": "Experimental feature, only available in DEV or CANARY channels. Container for request body data. Only provided if extraInfoSpec contains 'requestBody'.",
+                "properties": {
+                  "error": {"type": "string", "optional": true, "description": "Errors when obtaining request body data."},
+                  "formData": {
+                    "type": "object",
+                    "optional": true,
+                    "description": "If the request method is POST and the body is a sequence of key-value pairs, encoded as either multipart/form-data, or application/x-www-form-urlencoded, this dictionary is present and for each key contains the list of all values for that key. If the data is of another media type, or if it is malformed, the dictionary is not present. It is also not present if the form upload is chunked. Example value of this dictionary is {'key': ['value1', 'value2']}.",

[battre, 2012/08/16 19:18:03]

An example value

[vabr (Chromium), 2012/08/17 18:29:57]

Done.

+                    "properties": {},
+                    "additionalProperties": {
+                      "type": "array",
+                      "items": { "type": "string" }
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "raw" : {
+                    "type": "array",
+                    "optional": true,
+                    "items": { "type": "any" },
+                    "description": "If the request method is PUT or POST, and the body is not already parsed in formData then the unparsed request body elements are contained in this array. Data elements appear here as ArrayBuffer, file elements as strings containing the filename."

[battre, 2012/08/16 19:18:03]

comma after formData

[battre, 2012/08/16 19:18:03]

I think filenames are base64 encoded, right? I'd rather have them as plain text.

[vabr (Chromium), 2012/08/17 18:29:57]

Done.

[vabr (Chromium), 2012/08/17 18:29:57]

Done.

+                  }
+                }
+              },
               "tabId": {"type": "integer", "description": "The ID of the tab in which the request takes place. Set to -1 if the request isn't related to a tab."},
               "type": {"type": "string", "enum": ["main_frame", "sub_frame", "stylesheet", "script", "image", "object", "xmlhttprequest", "other"], "description": "How the requested resource will be used."},
               "timeStamp": {"type": "number", "description": "The time when this signal is triggered, in milliseconds since the epoch."}
@@ -125,7 +149,7 @@
             "description": "Array of extra information that should be passed to the listener function.",
             "items": {
               "type": "string",
-              "enum": ["blocking"]
+              "enum": ["blocking", "requestBody"]
             }
           }
         ],