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| 1 <div id="pageData-name" class="pageData">chrome.* APIs</div> | 1 <div id="pageData-name" class="pageData">chrome.* APIs</div> |
| 2 <div id="pageData-showTOC" class="pageData">true</div> | 2 <div id="pageData-showTOC" class="pageData">true</div> |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4 <p> | 4 <p> |
| 5 Google Chrome provides APIs such as | 5 Google Chrome provides APIs such as |
| 6 <code>chrome.bookmarks</code> and <code>chrome.tab</code> | 6 <code>chrome.bookmarks</code> and <code>chrome.tab</code> |
| 7 so that extensions can interact with the browser. | 7 so that extensions can interact with the browser. |
| 8 </p> | 8 </p> |
| 9 | 9 |
| 10 <h2 id="supported">Supported APIs</h2> | 10 <h2 id="supported">Supported APIs</h2> |
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| 23 Google Chrome also has some | 23 Google Chrome also has some |
| 24 <a href="experimental.html">experimental APIs</a>, | 24 <a href="experimental.html">experimental APIs</a>, |
| 25 which give you access to | 25 which give you access to |
| 26 functionality such as process information and history. | 26 functionality such as process information and history. |
| 27 </p> | 27 </p> |
| 28 | 28 |
| 29 <h2 id="conventions">API conventions</h2> | 29 <h2 id="conventions">API conventions</h2> |
| 30 | 30 |
| 31 <p> | 31 <p> |
| 32 Unless the doc says otherwise, | 32 Unless the doc says otherwise, |
| 33 methods in the chrome.* APIs are asynchronous: | 33 methods in the chrome.* APIs are <b>asynchronous</b>: |
| 34 they return immediately, | 34 they return immediately, |
| 35 without waiting for the operation to finish. | 35 without waiting for the operation to finish. |
| 36 If you need to know the outcome of an operation, | 36 If you need to know the outcome of an operation, |
| 37 then you pass a callback function into the method. | 37 then you pass a callback function into the method. |
| 38 For more information, see the video | 38 For more information, watch this video: |
| 39 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmxr75CV36A&feature=PlayList&p=CA101D6A8
5FE9D4B&index=2">Extension API Design</a>. | |
| 40 </p> | 39 </p> |
| 40 |
| 41 <p> |
| 42 <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.yo
utube.com/embed/bmxr75CV36A?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
| 43 </p> |
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