xref: /external/chromium_org/chrome/common/extensions/docs/examples/api/nativeMessaging

This directory contains an example of chrome application that uses native
messaging API that allows to communicate with a native application.

In order for this example to work you must first install the native messaging
host from the host directory.

To install the host:

On Windows:
  Add registry key
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\NativeMessagingHosts\com.google.chrome.example.echo
  and set its default value to the full path to
  host\com.google.chrome.example.echo-win.json . Note that you need to have
  python installed.

On Mac and Linux:
  Run install_host.sh script in the host directory:
    sudo host/install_host.sh
  You can later use host/uninstall_host.sh to uninstall the host.