chrome.tabs.onUpdated.addListener( // On tab update function(tabId, changeInfo, tab) { if (changeInfo != undefined && changeInfo.url != undefined) { let id = getYouTubeVideoID(changeInfo.url); if (changeInfo.url && id) { // If URL changed and is youtube video message contentScript the video id chrome.tabs.sendMessage( tabId, { message: 'ytvideoid', id: id }) } } } ); chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener(function (request, sender, callback) { console.log(request.message) if (request.message == "submitTimes") { submitTimes(request.videoID); callback({ success: true }); } }); function submitTimes(videoID) { //get the video times from storage let sponsorTimeKey = 'videoTimes' + videoID; chrome.storage.local.get([sponsorTimeKey], function(result) { let videoTimes = result[sponsorTimeKey]; if (videoTimes != undefined && result.videoTimes != []) { //submit these times for (let i = 0; i < videoTimes.length; i++) { let xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); //submit the sponsorTime xmlhttp.open('GET', 'http://localhost/api/postVideoSponsorTimes?videoID=' + videoID + "&startTime=" + videoTimes[i][0] + "&endTime=" + videoTimes[i][1], true); xmlhttp.send(); } } }); } function getYouTubeVideoID(url) { // Return video id or false var regExp = /^.*((youtu.be\/)|(v\/)|(\/u\/\w\/)|(embed\/)|(watch\?))\??v?=?([^#\&\?]*).*/; var match = url.match(regExp); return (match && match[7].length == 11) ? match[7] : false; }