Service Worker Detector

com.google.googlechromelabs.service-worker-detector

Total installs
0+
Rating
0.0
Released
September 22, 2020
Last updated
November 4, 2020
Category
Developer Tools
Developer
Thomas Steiner Apps
Developer details
Name
Thomas Steiner Apps
E-mail
unknown
Website
https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/link-to-text-fragment
Country
unknown
Address
unknown
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Screenshots

Service Worker Detector Screenshot 1 - AppWisp.com
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Service Worker Detector Screenshot 3 - AppWisp.com

Description

This extension detects if a website registers a Service Worker [1] by reading the navigator.serviceWorker.controller property [2]. It also parses the Web App Manifest and displays the information in an accessible way. Find the source code of the extension on GitHub [3].

Why would you want this? If you aren’t into Web development, most probably you wouldn’t. However, if you are into Web development, the extension helps you identify (unexpected) Service Worker registrations in the wild and lets you analyze their code and learn from them.

Why would you use this extension and not just the amazing Chrome Developer Tools? The answer is that the extension proactively detects Service Workers before you even have to open the Developer Tools (which you probably eventually will end up doing anyway).

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[1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ServiceWorker

[2] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ServiceWorkerContainer/controller

[3] https://github.com/google/service-worker-detector