TPulse Chrome Extension

Collect metrics from browser usage

Prerequisite

• node >= v18.17.1
• yarn>= v1.22.19
• cargo >= v1.75.0

How to install extension on Linux (Ubuntu 22.04)

1. Build

• yarn: Install dependencies.
• yarn build: Create /dist folder.
• cd proxy && cargo build --release: Create file binary target/release/proxy to process data sent from extension.

2. Load extension

• Run command google-chrome on terminal to open Chrome browser.
• Enter chrome://extensions/ and switch to Developer mode.
• Load unpacked dist/ (step 1).
• Copy ID of extension.

3. Register a native messaging host on Chrome

• Save a file that defines the native messaging host configuration:

  nano ~/.config/google-chrome/NativeMessagingHosts/com.ticklab.tpulse.json

• Copy and paste:

  {
      "name": "com.ticklab.tpulse",
      "description": "tpulse",
      "path": "<path>/tpulse-chrome-extension/proxy/target/release/proxy",
      "type": "stdio",
      "allowed_origins": ["chrome-extension://<ID-of-extension-in-step-2>/"]
  }

Completely! Please check the magic on terminal.