Save program state in chrome extension between uses

Question

I have a chrome extension that does spell check. I want to implement the feature to \'add a word to dictionary\' but I read that chrome extension api does not allow reading and

Answer 1

As Josh mentioned, use the chrome storage API. For example chrome.storage.sync.set() and chrome.storage.sync.get() automatically syncs the saved data between the different devices the user uses - it's very nice both for developers and users.

http://developer.chrome.com/extensions/storage.html

Answer 2

You may use local storage of the browser. However if you want to be really flexible you may use nodejs and sockets. That's how I made my extension. I used nodejs, which has an access to the user's disk and sockets to communicate with the node app. The only one problem is that the user should install the module.