Closed Bug 1406665 Opened 7 years ago Closed 7 years ago

Provide an API for WebExtensions to add contentHandlers

Categories

(WebExtensions :: General, enhancement)

Product:
WebExtensions
Component:
General
Version:
56 Branch
Type:
enhancement
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1356397

People

(Reporter: feedbro.reader, Unassigned)

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; Win64; x64; rv:56.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/56.0
Build ID: 20170926190823

Steps to reproduce:

As a WebExtension developer, I want to be able to programmatically add a new ContentHandler so that the user is able to subscribe to a RSS/ATOM feed by using the standard dropdown menu next to "Subscribe to this feed using" with my extension as one option in the menu.

If there was an API (can be and probably should be limited so that only WebExtensions can use it) to add a contentHandler, users wouldn't have to do the manual rather technical tinkering in about:config. See
https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/llpvg/how_do_i_subscribe_to_rss_feeds_to_google_reader/c2tpcr3/
Severity: normal → enhancement
Component: Untriaged → WebExtensions: General
Product: Core → Toolkit
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 7 years ago
OS: Unspecified → All
Hardware: Unspecified → All
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Product: Toolkit → WebExtensions
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