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== Description ==
== Description ==


This [[API_reference|API]] method ... TODO:
This [[API_reference|API]] method loads an external resource, such as an image, and returns the string containing the base64 encoded data: URL scheme for use in the DOM.


[[#Examples|Examples]] | [[#Notes|Notes]]
[[#Examples|Examples]] | [[#Notes|Notes]]

Revision as of 04:52, 11 December 2007

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Description

This API method loads an external resource, such as an image, and returns the string containing the base64 encoded data: URL scheme for use in the DOM.

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Syntax

GM_getResourceURL( resourceName )

Value: Function
Returns: String
Compatibility: Greasemonkey 0.8.0+
Parameters
Properties
resourceName

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Properties


resourceName

Value: String
Usage: resourceName = "metadata-resource-name";
  • This value is used to retrieve the metadata block @resource name URI which will be retrieved, base64 encoded into the data: URL scheme and returned upon completion of this API method.

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Examples

// ==UserScript==
// @name           I CAN HAS MOCHIKIT?
// @namespace      http://youngpup.net/userscripts
// @description    Simple library loading test which makes the Google logo pulsate.
// @include        http://www.google.com/
// @require        mochikit-packed.js
// @resource       better-logo http://wiki.greasespot.net/skins/common/images/gm-wiki-logo.png
// ==/UserScript==

/* Go to http://www.google.com to see this in action. */

var logo = document.evaluate(
  '/html/body/center/img', document, null, 9, null
).singleNodeValue;

logo.src = GM_getResourceURL("better-logo");
pulsate(logo);

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Notes

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