Constructor

WebKitWebExtensionnew

unstable since: 2.52

Declaration [src]

WebKitWebExtension*
webkit_web_extension_new (
  const char* extension_path,
  GError** error
)

Description [src]

Creates a new WebKitWebExtension from a folder containing the extension contents. The folder must contain a manifest.json file. If the manifest is invalid or missing, an error will be returned.

Available since: 2.52

Parameters

extension_path

Type: const char*

A string pointing to the folder containing the extension manifest and resources.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.
error

Type: GError **

The return location for a recoverable error.

The argument can be NULL.
If the return location is not NULL, then you must initialize it to a NULL GError*.
The argument will be left initialized to NULL by the constructor if there are no errors.
In case of error, the argument will be set to a newly allocated GError; the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.

Return value

Type: WebKitWebExtension

The new WebKitWebExtension, or NULL if the extension failed to be created.

The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
The return value can be NULL.