Access Add-on SDK module from the scratchpad

Question

I\'d like to test small snippets of my add-on code using the scratchpad. In this case, I\'m trying to access the notifications module like so:

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Answer 1

By now there is a relatively simple way to do this. The following code works fine if executed in privileged context (meaning switching Scratchpad's environment to "Browser"):

let {require} = Cu.import("resource://gre/modules/commonjs/toolkit/require.js", {});
let {notify} = require("sdk/notifications");

This is supported starting with Firefox 36 but not really documented as of now - meaning that this might stop working in future.

For reference: pull request #1679 added this functionality (not meant for external use it seems).

Answer 2

At the moment there isn't a way to do this. A few things could happen to make this possible which people can watch/contribute:

1. scratch-kit is updated
2. native jetpack is completed and is integrated with itchpad (which should replace scratch kit). I made an example which I blogged about but it's not ready for release yet.