634729 - Create API to allow addons to augment the console API

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(DevTools :: Console, enhancement, P5)

Description

[David Dahl :ddahl]

In discussions with Firebug team we noted that we need to create an API for Firebug and other extensions to add additional console properties/API methods.

perhaps something like: 

devtools.console.addMethod({ name: 'debug', 
                             function myCustomDebug(){}
                           });

Comment 1

[Rob Campbell [:rc] (:robcee)]

Filter on TARDIS.

Comment 2

[Nicolas Chevobbe [:nchevobbe]]

Harald, i suppose this is something we don't want anymore, but want to check with you before closing this.

Comment 3

[Sebastian Zartner [:sebo]]

As the Console API is standardized[1] now, I think it doesn't make much sense to extend it, but it may be worth allowing to extend the Command Line API, i.e. add new functions like copy() or (probably the better syntax to avoid conflicts) commands like :screenshot. What do you think?

Sebastian

[1] https://console.spec.whatwg.org/

Comment 4

[:Harald Kirschner :digitarald]

A content-exposed API doesn't make much sense atm. We are considering extension APIs for tools to hook into Console, which would be a different bug though.