Chrome extension don't work when tested in chrome://extensions/

Question

I\'m trying to learn a little a bit about google-extensions, so I tried to make a simple extension that make a request to an api using ajax then return

Answer 1

Try adding:

"converted_from_user_script": true,

After version in your manifest.json.

This is more of a hack than a legit solution but its fine if you are developing that extension for yourself or just to learn.