Using gapi in chrome extension background script, Invalid cookiePolicy

Asked Jan 28 '19 at 07:58

Active Feb 05 '19 at 08:08

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I'm trying to build a chrome extension which should highlight certain things on the page if they appear in a user's google sheet.

When trying to initialize gapi object in the background script, I'm getting gapi.auth2.ExternallyVisibleError: Invalid cookiePolicy. When searching or this error i didn't really find a solution for my case (including this one).

I wanted to load the sheet into memory just once using gapi in the background script, and not do this in every tab (content script).

I also found several posts which mentioned that gapi and OAuth2 don't work well in chrome extensions, can anyone please explain? Is this a general no-no?

edited Feb 05 '19 at 08:08

Raghvendra

asked Jan 28 '19 at 07:58

Yossi Vainshtein

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I am also looking for the same, my extension is also having the same issue – Raghvendra Feb 05 '19 at 06:51
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@Yossi did you find a solution to your problem? – iulian Apr 21 '19 at 09:08
@iulian Not really, i decided not yo use gapi but just to directly invoke REST API – Yossi Vainshtein Apr 21 '19 at 12:11
@YossiVainshtein thanks for your answer! I'll use the [identity.launchWebAuthFlow](https://developer.chrome.com/apps/identity#method-launchWebAuthFlow) browser API to launch google auth popup to get auth token – iulian Apr 23 '19 at 17:50
are you solved this issue?? – Harleen Kaur Arora Jul 19 '21 at 16:03

Using gapi in chrome extension background script, Invalid cookiePolicy

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