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bookmarks.onCreated

Fired when a bookmark item (a bookmark or a folder) is created.

Syntax

browser.bookmarks.onCreated.addListener()
browser.bookmarks.onCreated.removeListener(listener)
browser.bookmarks.onCreated.hasListener(listener)

Events have three functions:

addListener(callback): Adds a listener to this event.
removeListener(listener): Stop listening to this event. The listener argument is the listener to remove.
hasListener(listener): Check whether listener is registered for this event. Returns true if it is listening, false otherwise.

addListener syntax

Parameters

callback

Function that will be called when this event occurs. The function will be passed the following arguments:

id: string. The new bookmark item's ID.
bookmark: bookmarks.BookmarkTreeNode. Information about the new bookmark item.

Examples

function handleCreated(id, bookmarkInfo) {
  console.log(`New bookmark ID: ${id}`);
  console.log(`New bookmark URL: ${bookmarkInfo.url}`);
}

browser.bookmarks.onCreated.addListener(handleCreated);

Example extensions

bookmark-it

Browser compatibility

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	WebView Android	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet
`onCreated`	Yes	79	52	?	Yes	No	?	?	No	?	No	?

Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.bookmarks API. This documentation is derived from bookmarks.json in the Chromium code.

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/bookmarks/onCreated