I am following a tutorial here /

I can open fine a tab with a custom extension and load a url, and I would like to fill and submit a form with javascript on the page opened. For example, could I submit a search on google?

Here is what I have so far:

manifest.json
{
  "name": "My First Extension",
  "version": "1.0",
  "description": "The first extension that I made.",
  "browser_action": {
    "default_icon": "icon.png"
  },
  "background_page": "background.html",
  "permissions": [
    "tabs"
  ]
}

background.html

<script>

// get tab 


chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(function(tab) {
  chrome.tabs.create({'url': ""}, function(tab) {
    // Tab opened. Wait until page loads, from here it is not working
    jQuery(document).ready(function() {
        jQuery('#tsf').submit();
        });
  });
});
</script>

I am following a tutorial here http://www.blackweb20./2010/01/11/creating-your-own-google-chrome-extension/

I can open fine a tab with a custom extension and load a url, and I would like to fill and submit a form with javascript on the page opened. For example, could I submit a search on google.?

Here is what I have so far:

manifest.json
{
  "name": "My First Extension",
  "version": "1.0",
  "description": "The first extension that I made.",
  "browser_action": {
    "default_icon": "icon.png"
  },
  "background_page": "background.html",
  "permissions": [
    "tabs"
  ]
}

background.html

<script>

// get tab http://stackoverflow./questions/1979583/how-can-i-get-the-url-for-a-google-chrome-tab


chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(function(tab) {
  chrome.tabs.create({'url': "http://google."}, function(tab) {
    // Tab opened. Wait until page loads, from here it is not working
    jQuery(document).ready(function() {
        jQuery('#tsf').submit();
        });
  });
});
</script>

• javascript
• google-chrome
• google-chrome-extension
• cross-domain

2 Answers 2

Your jQuery code is getting executed in the background page not the new tab. Try using chrome.tabs.executeScript to execute the submit in the tab environment.

While you could do this using the chrome extension, I would suggest you to look into Selenium Browser Automation

It will also help you do the same in multiple browser instead of just chrome.