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manifest.json
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"manifest_version": 2,
"default_locale": "en",
"name": "Open Access Helper Web",
"description": "Helps you find Open Access copies of paywalled scientific articles, by utilizing Unpaywall and other services",
"version": "2026.6.1",
"icons": {
"48": "images/icon-48.png",
"64": "images/icon-64.png",
"96": "images/icon-96.png",
"128": "images/icon-128.png",
"256": "images/icon-256.png",
"512": "images/icon-512.png"
},
"background": {
"scripts": [
"js/background.js"
],
"persistent": true
},
"content_scripts": [
{
"css": [
"css/content.css"
],
"js": [
"js/content.js"
],
"matches": [
"*://*/*",
"http://*/*",
"https://*/*"
]
}
],
"browser_action": {
"default_popup": "html/popup.html",
"default_icon": {
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"38": "images/oahelper_black_38.png"
}
},
"permissions": [
"tabs",
"storage",
"contextMenus",
"http://*/*",
"https://*/*",
"*://*/*",
"https://www.oahelper.org/backend/institutes/"
],
"content_security_policy": "script-src 'self'; object-src 'self'; img-src 'self' data:",
"options_ui": {
"chrome_style": true,
"open_in_tab": true,
"page": "html/options.html"
},
"web_accessible_resources": [
"css/*.css",
"js/*.js",
"html/*.html",
"images/*.png",
"images/*.gif",
"images/*.jpg",
"images/*.svg"
],
"browser_specific_settings": {
"gecko": {
"id": "info@oahelper.org",
"strict_min_version": "78.0"
}
}
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