Web Store Upload

A small node.js module to upload/publish extensions to the Chrome Web Store.

If you're looking to upload/publish from the CLI, then use chrome-webstore-upload-cli.

Install

npm install --save-dev chrome-webstore-upload

Setup

You will need a Google API clientId, a clientSecret and a refreshToken. Read the guide.

Usage

All methods return an ES2015-compliant promise.

Create a new client

const webStore = require('chrome-webstore-upload')({
    extensionId: 'ecnglinljpjkbgmdpeiglonddahpbkeb',
    clientId: 'xxxxxxxxxx',
    clientSecret: 'xxxxxxxxxx',
    refreshToken: 'xxxxxxxxxx' 
});

Upload to existing extension

const fs = require('fs');

const myZipFile = fs.createReadStream('./mypackage.zip');
const token = 'xxxx'; // optional. One will be fetched if not provided
webStore.uploadExisting(myZipFile, token).then(res => {
    // Response is a Resource Representation
    // https://developer.chrome.com/webstore/webstore_api/items#resource 
});

Publish extension

const target = 'default'; // optional. Can also be 'trustedTesters'
const token = 'xxxx'; // optional. One will be fetched if not provided
webStore.publish(target, token).then(res => {
   // Response is documented here:
   // https://developer.chrome.com/webstore/webstore_api/items/publish 
});

Fetch token

webStore.fetchToken().then(token => {
   // Token is a string 
});

Tips

• If you plan to upload and publish at the same time, use the fetchToken method, and pass it to both uploadExisting and publish as the optional second parameter. This will avoid those methods making duplicate calls for new tokens.

Prior Art

• grunt-webstore-upload
• chrome-webstore-manager