Examine source code of MDN Web Docs Search

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manifest.json

{
  "manifest_version": 2,
  "name": "MDN Web Docs Search",
  "short_name": "mdn-search",
  "description": "Adds MDN Web Docs as a search engine.",
  "version": "1.0.2",
  "icons": {
    "128": "icons/128x128.png"
  },
  "chrome_settings_overrides": {
    "search_provider": {
      "favicon_url": "https://developer.mozilla.org/static/img/favicon32.png",
      "is_default": false,
      "keyword": "mdn",
      "name": "MDN Web Docs",
      "search_url": "https://developer.mozilla.org/search",
      "search_url_get_params": "q={searchTerms}",
      "suggest_url": "https://developer.mozilla.org/search",
      "suggest_url_get_params": "q={searchTerms}"
    }
  }
}

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