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

It may require providing a "key" value in your manifest as well (if you're trying to get it working locally and it's not working). You can either use the same key as the one you get when you upload your extension to the webstore or try packing an extension to generate a new one (though I couldn't get this second approach working myself).