diff --git a/lib/browser/chrome-extension.js b/lib/browser/chrome-extension.js
index e3cd454078..4bb4a51c19 100644
--- a/lib/browser/chrome-extension.js
+++ b/lib/browser/chrome-extension.js
@@ -72,21 +72,29 @@ const backgroundPages = {}
const startBackgroundPages = function (manifest) {
if (backgroundPages[manifest.extensionId] || !manifest.background) return
- const scripts = manifest.background.scripts.map((name) => {
- return ``
- }).join('')
- const html = new Buffer(`${scripts}`)
+ let html
+ let name
+ if (manifest.background.page) {
+ name = manifest.background.page
+ html = fs.readFileSync(path.join(manifest.srcDirectory, manifest.background.page))
+ } else {
+ name = '_generated_background_page.html'
+ const scripts = manifest.background.scripts.map((name) => {
+ return ``
+ }).join('')
+ html = new Buffer(`${scripts}`)
+ }
const contents = webContents.create({
isBackgroundPage: true,
commandLineSwitches: ['--background-page']
})
- backgroundPages[manifest.extensionId] = { html: html, webContents: contents }
+ backgroundPages[manifest.extensionId] = { html: html, webContents: contents, name: name }
contents.loadURL(url.format({
protocol: 'chrome-extension',
slashes: true,
hostname: manifest.extensionId,
- pathname: '_generated_background_page.html'
+ pathname: name
}))
}
@@ -309,11 +317,11 @@ app.once('ready', function () {
const manifest = manifestMap[parsed.hostname]
if (!manifest) return callback()
- if (parsed.path === '/_generated_background_page.html' &&
- backgroundPages[parsed.hostname]) {
+ const page = backgroundPages[parsed.hostname]
+ if (page && parsed.path === `/${page.name}`) {
return callback({
mimeType: 'text/html',
- data: backgroundPages[parsed.hostname].html
+ data: page.html
})
}