luciocorrea / gmailjs-node-boilerplate

A minimal extension which demonstrates how to create a extension with Gmail.JS and NodeJS-based bundling.

GmailJS Node boilerplate

This repo contains sample code to get a WebExtensions-based browser-extension using the gmail.js library.

Usage

First get the code and build it:

# get code
git clone https://github.com/josteink/gmailjs-node-boilerplate/

# get deps and build
cd gmailjs-node-boilerplate
npm install
npm run build

Now ensure the code loads and works:

• Load the folder containing the extension (or manifest.json) in your browser.
• Load mail.google.com in your browser and open the developer console.

You should be greeted by a message saying the following

Hello, <you>. This is your extension talking!

If that works, you should now be ready to customize the extension-code. Do this by editing extension.js.

You can also interact with a instance of Gmail.js ready for use. gmail should already be exposed in the developer console as a global variable.

You can use this to get familiar with the API.

Cheers!