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Download and save file inside my extension folder in Firefox?

I would like to do the following from my firefox addon:

a). Determine my addons folder location.

b). Prompt the user to initiate a download.

c). Download and save the download

All the code examples available are for older API's and I have no clue on how to get them working for recent E10 (multi-process) code changes.

Solution

  • A - Get addons folder location

    var OSPath_addons = Services.dirsvc.get('XREUSysExt', Ci.nsIFile).path

    B - Trigger download with path with no user notification

    How to download image to desktop with OS.File

    With user notification:

    https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/JavaScript_code_modules/Downloads.jsm#createDownload%28%29