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Vue - chrome.webstore.install "Cannot read property 'install' of undefined"

I'm trying to use the inline install on my extension website. The site is made using vue and I'm not able to call the chrome.webstore.install(), I get always this error vue.runtime.esm.js:1888 TypeError: Cannot read property 'install' of undefined

I've two chrome store links and as per documentation I need to pass the link to the extension that will be installed, in my vue template code to do this I've used the @click.prevent="installExtension(url)" and in my methods

installExtension(url){
 chrome.webstore.install(url, this.onsuccess(), this.onerror() )
}

As I wrote I get the error in console and I'm not able to see any popup. How I can prompt the installation of the extension for firefox and chrome in my website?

Solution

  • Unfortunately inline installs were linked to malicious behavior and have been deprecated.

    Important: As of 06/12/2018, inline installation is deprecated.

    Reference: https://developer.chrome.com/webstore/inline_installation

    Google blog post: https://blog.chromium.org/2018/06/improving-extension-transparency-for.html