initMessaging

The initMessaging function, provided by the Messaging library, plays a fundamental role in initializing communication infrastructure within your browser extension. It establishes the connection between your extension's components and facilitates the exchange of information between them.

Purpose

• Sets up a communication channel with the background script, acting as a central hub for message routing within the extension.
• When initMessaging is called, it typically performs the following actions:
  • Establishes a connection to the background script using a mechanism provided by the Messaging library (e.g., chrome.runtime.connect).
  • Attaches event listeners to:
    • The connection's onDisconnect event to automatically re-initialize the connection if it drops.
    • Incoming messages from the background script to handle communication with other components.

import { initMessaging } from "@ext-browser/messaging/background";

// Call this function at the top of your background script file:
initMessaging();

// Your background script code goes here

Parameters

• The function takes a single optional argument, an object destructured with default values (). This object can contain two properties:

onPortDisconnect (Function)

• An optional callback function to be invoked when a connection is disconnected.

onPortConnect (Function)

• An optional callback function to be executed when a new connection is established.