grunt-webext-builder

Grunt plugin for build chrome, firefox, opera and safari extensions

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.5

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:

npm install grunt-webext-builder --save-dev

Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-webext-builder');

The "webext_builder" task

Overview

In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named webext_builder to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().

grunt.initConfig({
  webext_builder: {
    <your_target_name>: {
      // List extension types you want to build
      targets: ["chrome-crx"],
      // Path to chrome extension private key (will be in ./.private.pem if not defined)
      privateKey: "/path/to/private/2049/RSA/key"
      // Mozilla Addons API credentials, go to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/developers/addon/api/key/ to receive it
      // It's better to store it in environment, not in this file
      "jwtIssuer": process.env.jwtIssuer,
      "jwtSecret": process.env.jwtSecret,
      files: {
        "extension/dest/dir": ["extension/source/dir"]
      }
    },
  },
});

Options

targets

• Type: Array<String>
• Default value: []
• Required: YES

An array contrains extension targets. Now only these values are supported:

• chrome-crx - Chrome CRX extension signed with private.pem file
• firefox-xpi - Mozilla Firefox XPI extension signed online with AMO

privateKey

• Type: String
• Default value: './.private.pem'
• Required: for chrome-crx only

Private RSA 2048 key, used for extension sign process

jwtIssuer

• Type: String
• Default value: process.env.jwtIssuer
• Required: for firefox-xpi only

https://addons.mozilla.org API Issuer - keep it in safe place, not on this file directly, go to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/developers/addon/api/key/ to receive or renew it

jwtSecret

• Type: String
• Default value: process.env.jwtSecret
• Required: for firefox-xpi only

https://addons.mozilla.org API Secret - keep it in safe place, not on this file directly, go to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/developers/addon/api/key/ to receive or renew it

files

• Type: Object
• Default value: empty
• Required: YES

Grunt file list, recommended format is: "destansion/dir":["source/dir/where/manifest.json/located"]

Usage Examples

Custom Options

    grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-webext-builder');
 
    grunt.initConfig({
        "webext_builder":{
            "chrome": {
                "privateKey": ".private.pem",
                "targets": [
                    "chrome-crx"
                ],
                "files": {
                    "dest":["build"]
                }
            },
            "firefox": {
                "jwtIssuer": process.env.jwtIssuer,
                "jwtSecret": process.env.jwtSecret,
                "targets": [
                    "firefox-xpi"
                ],
                "files": {
                    "dest":["build"]
                }
            }
        },

Run examples

WARNING when you fuild firefox extension, it's sources will be downloaded to addons.mozilla.com, but will not be acceccible for public by default. If no extension id defined in manifest.json, new extension id will be created for any sign. If extension ID defined, you couldn't sign one version more than one time.

Build chrome and firefox extension

Run jwtIssuer=user:jwtIssuer123 jwtSecret=12345 grunt webext_builder

• Unsigned FF extension: <dest>/your_extension_name_from_manifest-version-raw.xpi
• Signed FF extension: <dest>/your_extension_name_from_manifest-version-an+fx.xpi
• Signed Chrome extension: <dest>/your_extension_name_from_manifest-version-signed.crx
• Extension private key, if not exists yet keep it in safe place :./.private.pem or <privateKey>

Build firefox extension

Run jwtIssuer=user:jwtIssuer123 jwtSecret=12345 grunt webext_builder:firefox - build firefox extensions

• Unsigned FF extension: <dest>/your_extension_name_from_manifest-version-raw.xpi
• Signed FF extension: <dest>/your_extension_name_from_manifest-version-an+fx.xpi

Build chrome extension

Run grunt webext_builder:chrome

• Signed Chrome extension: <dest>/your_extension_name_from_manifest-version-signed.crx
• Extension private key, if not exists yet keep it in safe place :./.private.pem or <privateKey>

Contributing

Feel free to contribute this repo :) Unit tests, examples, codestyle, anything else - you are wellcome!

Release History

0.1.0 - First extension version. No unit tests, bad codestyle, but seems like it works :)