How to send API requests with messaging?
Hey everyone,
I can't seem to figure out on my own how to send API calls using Plasmo? I see a lot of 'earlier' posts saying to use the
I added a picture of what my "ideal" situation would be, if there is anyone with such experience needed I would love to know how you would tackle this.
Please let me know, anything would be highly appreciable!
Best regards.
I can't seem to figure out on my own how to send API calls using Plasmo? I see a lot of 'earlier' posts saying to use the
Messaging APII added a picture of what my "ideal" situation would be, if there is anyone with such experience needed I would love to know how you would tackle this.
Please let me know, anything would be highly appreciable!
Best regards.
Solution
to use the messaging api you would need to use the sendToBackground function from @plasmo/messaging in the jsx/tsx/content script. you need to create a message handler in background/messages/<handler_name>. The handler is where you would perform the api fetch request. Given your provided case I don't think any use of the messaging api is needed since the popup should be able to use the credentials as is
