grunt-chrome-compile

Package a google chrome extension.

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.1

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:

npm install grunt-chrome-compile --save-dev

One the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-chrome-compile');

The "chrome_compile" task

Overview

In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named chrome-extension to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().

grunt.initConfig({
  'chrome-extension': {
    options: {
		name: "demo-ext",
		version: "0.0.1",
		id: "00000000000000000000000000000000",
		updateUrl: "http://example.com/extension/111111/",
		chrome: "/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome",
		clean: true,
		certDir: 'cert',
		buildDir: 'build',
		resources: [
			"js/**",
			"images/**",
			"*.html"
		]
    }
  },
})

Options

options.name

Type: String Default value: demo-ext

The name of your google chrome extension

options.version

Type: String Default value: 0.0.1

Your extension's version number.

options.id

Type: String Default value: 00000000000000000000000000000000

The ID assigned by the Chrome Web Store

options.updateUrl

Type: String Default value: ``

Optional url where your extension can be updated from outside of the Chrome Web Store

options.buildDir

Type: String Default value: build

Relative location to your build directory. .zip, .crx, and updates.xml will be created here.

options.certDir

Type: String Default value: cert

Relative location to your extension's certificate.

options.resources

Type: array

Project resources that should be packaged into the final .zip and .crx.

Caution: Make sure your cert files are not included here

options.chrome

Type: String Default value: OSX Path

The path to your Google Chrome installation.

• OSX: /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome
• OSX Canary: /Applications/Google Chrome Canary.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome Canary
• Windows: C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt.

Release History

0.2.1 Initial release!