Chrome.identity not working in popup.js?

Question

I'm trying to get the userInfo object from chrome.identity.getProfileUserInfo in my popup.js (which is a script used for popup.html) but I am getting the following error:

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'getProfileUserInfo' of undefined at onload

popup.js

onload = function(){

    chrome.tabs.query({'active': true, 'lastFocusedWindow': true}, function (tabs) {
        var url = tabs[0].url;
        console.log(url);
    });

    chrome.identity.getProfileUserInfo(function(userInfo)
    {
        console.log(userInfo)
    });
}

manifest.json

{
    "manifest_version": 2,

    "name": "QuickLink",
    "description": "This extension allows you to quickly shorten and/or customize your url",
    "version": "1.0",

    "browser_action": 
    {
        "default_icon": "icon.png",
        "default_popup": "popup.html",
        "default_title": "QuickLink"
    },
    "permissions": 
    [
      "background",
      "activeTab",
      "clipboardWrite",
      "tabs",
      "notifications",
      "identity",
      "runtime"
    ]
}

I believe I have all the right permissions, and my tabs query works just fine, but for some reason, I don't have access to chrome.identity...any ideas why this might be or any work arounds so I can get the userInfo?

Would appreciate any help, thanks!

@harir, did you reload the extension on chrome://extensions page? — wOxxOm, Aug 09 '17 at 04:09
seems as though every time you add a permission, you have to reload your extension, didn't realize that — harir, Aug 09 '17 at 04:29

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 09 '17 at 03:11

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As answered in this thread you can only access it with a background script, not a content script.

answered Aug 09 '17 at 03:11

Eli Richardson

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this isn't a content script – harir Aug 09 '17 at 04:13
@harir oh, sorry. I'm not sure why it isn't working in that case. – Eli Richardson Aug 09 '17 at 04:15

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 03 '18 at 21:39

It may require providing a "key" value in your manifest as well (if you're trying to get it working locally and it's not working). You can either use the same key as the one you get when you upload your extension to the webstore or try packing an extension to generate a new one (though I couldn't get this second approach working myself).

Chrome.identity not working in popup.js?

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