Chrome.identity not available/undefined

Question

I am writing a chrome extension in which I am trying to use the chrome.identity API. But my Chrome doesn\'t recognize identity.

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Answer 1

The reason I was not able to use identity was because I was trying to access it from a content script. I switched to a background script and it works now! Thanks Rob!

PS! You also need to have "permissions": ["identity"] set in your manifest.json.