Chrome extension - content script - to get innerText of current tab - not working

Question

I'm trying to get the innerText of the current opened tab in a chrome extension.

Here's my manifest.json:

{
  "manifest_version": 2,

  "name": "meow",
  "description": "meow-meow-meow",
  "version": "1.0",

  "browser_action": {
  "default_icon": "icon2.png",
  "default_popup": "popup.html"
  },

  "background": {
  "scripts": ["background.js"]
  },

  "content_scripts": [
   {
     "matches": ["<all_urls>"],
     "js": ["contentscript.js"]
   }
  ],

  "permissions": [
  "http://*/*",
  "https://*/*",
  "contextMenus",
  "tabs"
  ]

}

Here's my contentscript.js:

function getText(){
return document.body.innerText
}

console.log(getText());

But it isn't logging anything on the console! What am I missing?

EDIT: Is there a better way to get the HTML content from the current tab?

UPDATED EDIT:

This runs fine on my friend's chrome, but not on mine, both Chrome versions are 26.

Thank you!

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3622219/can-chrome-extension-content-scripts-access-window-opener — Jared Farrish, Mar 28 '13 at 05:28

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 01 '13 at 10:12

2

Works fine on my browser

Reload the extension.

if it still does not work, sign out of Google Chrome and sign in again.

answered Apr 01 '13 at 10:12

Thanks reloading the extension and re-starting chrome worked. Strange. – Apr 01 '13 at 10:24

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 28 '13 at 06:00

0

it works in my chrome browser.

open the url chrome://extensions/, load the plugin directory. and make sure it load correctly， and mark it enable.

answered Mar 28 '13 at 06:00

pexeer

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Thanks for the response, it works in my friend's browser too, but not on mine!!! Do you happen to know why? – Mar 28 '13 at 06:29

Chrome extension - content script - to get innerText of current tab - not working

2 Answers2

Works fine on my browser