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.
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)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 a given listener is registered for this event. Returns true if it is listening, false otherwise.
functionA callback function that will be called when this event occurs. This function will be passed the following arguments:
downloadItemThe downloads.DownloadItem object in question.
| 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 | 48 | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | 48–79 | ? | No | ? |
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