How to access Chrome API in Web Worker?

Question

I have some metadataWorker.js in my Chrome App, It is Web Worker and runs as follows:

metaThread = new Worker('/src/utils/metadataworker.js');

But I can't access the chrome global object in metadataworker.js.

Is there any way to use Chrome API (access the chrome global object) in Web Worker?

Try using a Chrome Worker ! -> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ChromeWorker — adeneo, Jan 04 '15 at 21:12
I hear first time about it, can you provide some documentation? — Taron Mehrabyan, Jan 04 '15 at 21:13
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21216481/how-can-i-access-chrome-history-from-a-web-worker — Andreas, Jan 04 '15 at 21:36
Well, that sucks!! Why can't I do heavy operation in a different worker? Or even, operations that require a different thread... — shlatchz, Aug 30 '16 at 18:29

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 06 '15 at 14:38

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You can't access chrome object from web worker. This is sandboxed from the app and it run in separate thread. You can only use web APIs inside a web worker, without DOM access.

answered Jan 06 '15 at 14:38

Pawel Uchida-Psztyc

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