The onCreated
()
event of the downloads
API fires when a download begins, i.e. when downloads.download()
is successfully invoked.
The listener is passed the downloads.DownloadItem
object in question as a parameter.
browser.downloads.onCreated.addListener(listener) browser.downloads.onCreated.removeListener(listener) browser.downloads.onCreated.hasListener(listener)
Events have three functions:
addListener(callback)
removeListener(listener)
listener
argument is the listener to remove.hasListener(listener)
listener
is registered for this event. Returns true
if it is listening, false
otherwise.function
A callback function that will be called when this event occurs. This function will be passed the following arguments:
downloadItem
downloads.DownloadItem
object in question.Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
onCreated |
Yes |
79 |
48 |
? |
Yes |
No |
? |
? |
48-79 |
? |
? |
? |
Log the URL of items as they are downloaded:
function handleCreated(item) { console.log(item.url); } browser.downloads.onCreated.addListener(handleCreated);
Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.downloads
API.
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/downloads/onCreated