API

You can send messages to the Temporary Containers Add-on to trigger functionality or gather information by using runtime.sendMessage. A message to Temporary Containers looks like this:

browser.runtime.sendMessage('{c607c8df-14a7-4f28-894f-29e8722976af}', message);

message is an object with at least the property method as String. It returns a Promise that resolves in case of success, if information was requested it'll resolve with that. In case of error the Promise rejects.

Supported messages are:

Open new Temporary Container Tab

method: string, createTabInTempContainer

url: string, the URL you want to open in the new tab (tabs.create limitations for url apply). If provided the tab is focused if active is not set to false.

active: boolean, true to focus the tab, false or undefined to open the tab in the background

deletesHistory, boolean, true to open a "Deletes History Temporary Container" - only works if the user gave history permission in the Advanced preferences, false or undefined to open a regular Temporary Container

Returns the return value of browser.tabs.create if successful. Returns undefined if no tab was created.

Check if a Container is a Temporary Container

method: string, isTempContainer

cookieStoreId: string, the cookieStoreId to check

Returns true if the given cookieStoreId is a Temporary Container, false if not