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I am building a chrome extension which will only be available for people within the company I work for. The extension needs input - which can be generated with a simple query to a shared MySQL DB server (to which all employees can access with read only permissions).
The question is - since the extension is all client side (mainly Javascript) - what's the simplest way to access the DB and run the query? Do I have to create a php/java(/...) service which does that for the extension?
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Allows app or extension to create, read, navigate, and write to the user's local file system at a user-selected location. (Chrome OS only) Allows app or extension to create file systems that can be accessible from the file manager on a Chrome device.
Run the extensionLook for the hello world extension icon in Chrome toolbar and click on it. You should be able to see a window popup containing current tab page h1 dom element value.
Web SQL Database is a deprecated web browser API specification for storing data in databases that can be queried using SQL variant. The API is supported by Google Chrome, Opera, and the Android Browser.
You'll have to create an intermediary web app that will interface with the Database. Then you can make AJAX calls from the extension to your web app's API, which will in turn query the database and return results.
Chrome Extension → Web App API → MySQL
More info on Chrome AJAX API here
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