Sessions API - previously Session Restore API. Supports restoring currently open foreign windows an…

chrome/common/extensions/api/sessions.json

 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 [
   {
-    "namespace": "permissions",
-    "description": "Use the <code>chrome.permissions</code> API to request <a href=\"#manifest\">declared optional permissions</a> at run time rather than install time, so users understand why the permissions are needed and grant only those that are necessary.",
+    "namespace": "sessions",

[not at google - send to devlin, 2013/08/20 16:43:32]

ok, looks like git has decided that this is a move from the permissions API.
ugh.

+    "description": "Use the <code>chrome.sessions</code> API to query and restore tabs and windows from a browsing session.",
     "types": [
       {
-        "id": "Permissions",
+        "id": "Filter",
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
-          "permissions": {
-            "type": "array",
-            "items": {"type": "string"},
+          "maxResults": {
+            "type": "integer",
+            "minimum": 0,
+            "maximum": 25,
             "optional": true,
-            "description": "List of named permissions (does not include hosts or origins)."
-          },
-          "origins": {
-            "type": "array",
-            "items": {"type": "string"},
-            "optional": true,
-            "description": "List of origin permissions."
+            "description": "The maximum number of entries to be fetched in the requested list. Omit this parameter to fetch the maximum number of entries ($ref:MAX_SESSION_RESULTS)."
           }
         }
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "Session",
+        "type": "object",
+        "properties": {
+          "lastModified": {"type": "integer", "description": "The time when the window or tab was closed, represented in milliseconds since the epoch"},
+          "tab": {"$ref": "tabs.Tab", "optional": true, "description": "The closed $ref:tabs.Tab, if this entry describes a tab. Either this or $ref:Session.window will be set."},
+          "window": {"$ref": "windows.Window", "optional": true, "description": "The closed $ref:windows.Window, if this entry describes a window. Either this or $ref:Session.tab will be set."}
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "Device",
+        "type": "object",
+        "properties": {
+          "info": {"type": "string", "description": "Represents all information about a foreign device."},
+          "sessions": {"type": "array", "items": {"$ref": "Session"}, "description": "A list of open window sessions for the foreign device, sorted from most recently to least recently modified session."}
+        }
       }
     ],
-    "events": [
+    "functions": [
       {
-        "name": "onAdded",
+        "name": "getRecentlyClosed",
         "type": "function",
-        "description": "Fired when the extension acquires new permissions.",
+        "description": "Gets the list of recently closed tabs and/or windows.",
         "parameters": [
           {
-            "$ref": "Permissions",
-            "name": "permissions",
-            "description": "The newly acquired permissions."
-          }
-        ]
-      },
-      {
-        "name": "onRemoved",
-        "type": "function",
-        "description": "Fired when access to permissions has been removed from the extension.",
-        "parameters": [
+            "$ref": "Filter",
+            "name": "filter",
+            "optional": true
+          },
           {
-            "$ref": "Permissions",
-            "name": "permissions",
-            "description": "The permissions that have been removed."
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-     ],
-    "functions": [
-      {
-        "name": "getAll",
-        "type": "function",
-        "description": "Gets the extension's current set of permissions.",
-        "parameters": [
-          {
+            "type": "function",
             "name": "callback",
-            "type": "function",
             "parameters": [
-               {
-                "name": "permissions",
-                "$ref": "Permissions",
-                "description": "The extension's active permissions."
+              {
+                "name": "sessions", "type": "array", "items": { "$ref": "Session" }, "description": "The list of closed entries in reverse order that they were closed (the most recently closed tab or window will be at index <code>0</code>).The entries may contain either tabs or windows."
               }
             ]
           }
         ]
       },
       {
-        "name": "contains",
+        "name": "getDevices",
         "type": "function",
-        "description": "Checks if the extension has the specified permissions.",
+        "description": "Retrieves all devices with synced sessions.",
         "parameters": [
           {
-            "name": "permissions",
-            "$ref": "Permissions"
+            "$ref": "Filter",
+            "name": "filter",
+            "optional": true
           },
           {
+            "type": "function",
             "name": "callback",
-            "type": "function",
             "parameters": [
               {
-                "name": "result",
-                "type": "boolean",
-                "description": "True if the extension has the specified permissions."
+                "name": "devices", "type": "array", "items": { "$ref": "Device" }, "description": "The list of $ref:Device objects for each synced session, sorted in order from device with most recently modified session to device with least recently modified session. $ref:tabs.Tab objects are sorted by recency in the $ref:windows.Window of the $ref:Session objects."
               }
             ]
           }
         ]
       },
       {
-        "name": "request",
+        "name": "restore",
         "type": "function",
-        "description": "Requests access to the specified permissions. These permissions must be defined in the optional_permissions field of the manifest. If there are any problems requesting the permissions, $ref:runtime.lastError will be set.",
+        "description": "Reopens a $ref:Session, $ref:windows.Window, or $ref:tabs.Tab, with an optional callback to run when the entry has been restored.",
         "parameters": [
           {
-            "name": "permissions",
-            "$ref": "Permissions"
+            "type": "string",
+            "name": "sessionId",
+            "optional": true,
+            "description": "The $ref:windows.Window.sessionId, or $ref:tabs.Tab.sessionId to restore."
           },
           {
+            "type": "function",
             "name": "callback",
-            "type": "function",
             "optional": true,
             "parameters": [
               {
-                "name": "granted",
-                "type": "boolean",
-                "description": "True if the user granted the specified permissions."
-              }
-            ]
-          }
-        ]
-      },
-      {
-        "name": "remove",
-        "type": "function",
-        "description": "Removes access to the specified permissions. If there are any problems removing the permissions, $ref:runtime.lastError will be set.",
-        "parameters": [
-          {
-            "name": "permissions",
-            "$ref": "Permissions"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "callback",
-            "type": "function",
-            "optional": true,
-            "parameters": [
-              {
-                "name": "removed",
-                "type": "boolean",
-                "description": "True if the permissions were removed."
+                "$ref": "Session",
+                "name": "restoredSession",
+                "description": "A $ref:Session containing the restored $ref:windows.Window or $ref:tabs.Tab object."
               }
             ]
           }
         ]
       }
-    ]
+    ],
+    "properties": {
+      "MAX_SESSION_RESULTS": {
+        "value": 25,
+        "description": "The maximum number of $ref:Session that will be included in a requested list."
+      }
+    }
   }
 ]