Can I have a link to my extension page (in the web store) before I publish anything? I do not want to re-upload later for the sake of getting the link.
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What do you mean by publish? Not uploading the extension to the CWS, or not making the extension visible to others? Which operating system are you using? – Rob W Sep 20 '14 at 14:57
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Your question is a bit unclear, but:
You upload an item to the Web Store as a draft before you get an option to publish. This does generate an ID that will persist between updates.
You can upload an publish an extension as "unlisted". Nobody will be able to find the extension without a direct link.
You can generate your future ID without using Chrome Web Store, if you package it yourself to generate a
.pemfile and later use this file to upload the extension to Web Store. More info here.
In either case, the final webstore link will then be https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/[yourExtensionIdHere]
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I'm not sure what you mean. Any published extension in the store right now works with the URL in the format at the end of the answer. Keyword: published. This question is about knowing this URL in advance, e.g. during initial development, *before* it is valid. What are you trying to do? – Xan May 02 '22 at 08:28
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Thank you Xan - I was trying to reach the URL before publishing, hence 404. I see that you must publish it! – Meera Datey May 02 '22 at 08:34