[Need Advice] Mimic Chrome extension in web app?
Hey Indie Hackers!
We built a Chrome extension that pulls data down for our customers by running a macro that mimics a process on another website. We would like to dump that extension and build that functionality inside our web app...do you think this is possible? Thanks in advance!
Your extension should basically just be JavaScript so unless it relies on injecting or doing some funky things to other websites I don't see why not, it might still take some time to adapt the code to be shared between the extension and the webapp but yhea, it should be possible.
Can your chrome extension just run in the background? Does it not require any content scripts or DOM manipulation? If so, then it should port over fine.
With that being said, why did you build it as a chrome extension in the first place? Usually people build a chrome extension when the app benefits from viewing the browser DOM.
Hey Travis,
I've built something very similar to what you have in mind
Check out https://dropshiplister.com
Let's get in touch over skype: martin_kondov
Thank you both for your responses! Harry I still need to digest your video too.
So we built it to solve a quick problem our users were having and it was the cheapest way to help them, outsource it and get immediate results. But now, our app is more mature and we want to bring that process in house for them and not require them to go out and download yet another Chrome ext.
We actually NEED it to run in the background as a matter of fact so hopefully that is beneficial?
For background listing, you either need to use the respective API, or automate a browser with a test framework. Let's talk over skype, i posted my skype username above.