I try to make simple chrome extension that takes active directory username from input field and send to native app - powershell script - that use active directory module to find username and return his phone and email in JSON. Now i have error: "Unchecked runtime.lastError: Error when communicating with the native messaging host." All the code is below.
manifest.json
{
"name": "AD Extension",
"description": "Get phone and email from AD",
"version": "1.0",
"manifest_version": 3,
"icons": {},
"permissions": [
"nativeMessaging",
"activeTab"
],
"host_permissions": [
"https://*/*",
"http://*/*"
],
"action": {
"default_popup": "popup.html"
},
"background": {
"service_worker": "background.js"
}
}
popup.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>AD Extension</title>
<script defer src="background.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<label for="username">Enter AD username:</label>
<input type="text" id="username" name="username"><br>
<button id="get-info">Get Phone and Email</button>
<div id="info"></div>
</body>
</html>
popup.js
document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function () {
const button = document.getElementById("get-info");
button.addEventListener("click", function () {
const username = document.getElementById("username").value;
chrome.runtime.sendNativeMessage(
"com.smm.adextension",
command: "get_user_info", username: username },
function (response) {
//Parse the JSON output into a JavaScript object
const outputObj = JSON.parse(response);
console.log(outputObj);
//Access the phone and email properties of the output object
const phone = outputObj.phone;
const email = outputObj.email;
console.log(phone, email);
const infoDiv = document.getElementById("info");
console.log(infoDiv);
infoDiv.innerHTML = "Phone: " + phone + "<br>Email: " + email;
}
);
});
});
background.js
const port = chrome.runtime.connectNative('com.smm.adextension');
port.onMessage.addListener(function(request, sender, sendResponse) {
if (request.command === "get_user_info") {
chrome.runtime.sendNativeMessage(
"com.smm.adextension",
command: "get_user_info" },
function(response) {
console.log(response);
sendResponse(response);
}
);
}
return true;
});
nativeapp.json
{
"name": "com.smm.adextension",
"description": "Native messaging app for AD Extension",
"path": "./nativeApp.ps1",
"type": "stdio",
"allowed_origins": [
"chrome-extension://dhfgiijbgbcpjinfhhhlniaegdjpldbm/"
]
}
nativeapp.ps1
//Import the ActiveDirectory module
Import-Module ActiveDirectory
//Retrieve the phone number and email address for the specified user
$user = Get-ADUser -Identity $args[0] -Properties telephoneNumber, emailAddress
$phone = $user.telephoneNumber
$email = $user.emailAddress
//Create a PowerShell object containing the phone and email values
$output = @{ phone = $phone; email = $email }
//Convert the object to JSON format and write it to standard output
$outputJson = ConvertTo-Json $output
Write-Output $outputJson
I added path to native app with its name in registry. allowed_origins field in the nativeApp.json file matches the ID of the extension.
