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Supported extension APIs |
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Below are is the list of extension APIs supported in Opera. Since most of these APIs are in common with Chrome, we are linking each of those APIs with the appropriate documentation page (most of them link to the relavent chrome extension API page) and also mentioning whatever differences (if any) that our implementation of an API has vis-a-vis Chrome's.
| API Name | Differences with Chrome (if any) |
|---|---|
| Alarms | None |
| Bookmarks | None |
| browserAction | None |
| browsingData | None |
| Commands | From Opera 29 onwards, it will be possible to assign shortcuts to open sidebar extensions by defining the shortcut in the manifest under the _execute_sidebar_action field. You can define shortcuts in the same way you do for browser and page actions. |
| Content Settings | None |
| Context Menus | chrome.contextmenus.create() and chrome.contextmenus.update() will support an additional enum type of sidebar_action from Opera 29 onwards. |
| Cookies | None |
| Debugger | None |
| Declarative Content | None |
| devtools.inspectedWindow | None |
| devtools.network | None |
| devtools.panels | None |
| Downloads | None |
| Events | None |
| Extensions | Opera does not support the sendRequest() and getExtensionTabs() methods. |
| Font Settings | None |
| History | None |
| Internationalization (i18n) | Opera does not support the getUILanguage() method. |
| Identity | Opera only supports the launchWebAuthFlow() Method in this API. |
| Idle | None |
| Management | Opera does not support the LaunchType type and the getSelf(), createAppShortCut(), setLaunchType() and generateAppForLink() methods. |
| Notifications | In TemplateTypes,, Opera does not support the Image, List or Progress types. Also, on mac, the update() method will not work for now. |
| Omnibox | None |
| Page Action | None |
| Page Capture | None |
| Permissions | None |
| Power | None |
| Privacy | None |
| Proxy | None |
| Runtime | None |
| Sessions | Sync is not supported right now, so getDevices will not work. |
| Storage | Opera does not support the sync() and managed() methods. |
| System.CPU | None |
| System.Memory | None |
| System.Storage | None |
| Tabs | Opera currently does not support the Opera 29 onwards, things related to zoom in the API will be supported - namely, the |
| Types | None |
| Web Navigation | None |
| Web Request | None |
| Windows | None |
| Addons | Only in Opera |
| Speed Dial | Only in Opera |
| sidebarAction | Only in Opera |