pavi2410 / tipstar

A browser extension to support web creators directly

tipstar

A browser extension that allows users to support the creators on the web directly using Razorpay.

Usage

1. Click "Support this site" button in the extension popup on any active tab.
2. If not already logged in, login using the credentials [e-mail] and testpw123.
3. After you're logged in, you'll be asked to enter an amount you want to support the site with.
4. After that, you'll be presented the payment link with a button on which you can click to proceed to the Razopay's payment flow.
5. Upon successful payment, you'll receive a confirmation email describing the payment information along with the invoice of the transaction.
6. Congrats, you just supported your favourite web creator!

Instructions to Run

Folders

• src - main source.
  • contentScript - scripts and components to be injected as content_script
  • background - scripts for background.
  • styles - styles shared in popup and options page
  • manifest.ts - manifest for the extension.
• extension - extension package root.
  • assets - static assets.
  • dist - built files, also serve stub entry for Vite on development.
• scripts - development and bundling helper scripts.

Development

First of all, make sure you have Node.js and npm installed.

Then, run the following commands

npm install

npm dev

(Keep this window running)

To load the extension in the browser, you can run the following command on a new terminal window:

Firefox	Chrome
npm start:firefox	npm start:chromium

Build

To build the extension, run

npm build

And then pack files under extension, you can upload extension.crx or extension.xpi to appropriate extension store.

Credits

This repo was made based on https://github.com/antfu/vitesse-webext