GM.getResourceUrl: Difference between revisions

From GreaseSpot Wiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
m (Notated a concern about the resourceName variable... note I extrapolated this variable name from the developer group when I created this article... so I didn't do it ;D)
m (→‎Syntax: Monkey colored tables)
Line 16: Line 16:
:Compatibility: [[Version_history#0.8.0|Greasemonkey 0.8.0+]]
:Compatibility: [[Version_history#0.8.0|Greasemonkey 0.8.0+]]


:{| border="1" cellpadding="5"
:{| cellpadding="5" style="border-style:solid; background:#FFFFE0;"
|+ Parameters
|+ Parameters
!|'''Properties'''
!style="background:#CC9900;"|'''Properties'''
|-
|-
| <code>[[#resourceName |resourceName]]</code>
| <code><span style="background:#FFFFE0;">[[#resourceName |resourceName]]</span></code>
|}
|}
:* All properties are optional except [[#resourceName|resourceName]].
:* All properties are optional except [[#resourceName|resourceName]].

Revision as of 22:35, 11 December 2007

Template:Underscore


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.

Examples | Notes

Syntax

GM_getResourceURL( resourceName )

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

top

Properties


resourceName

Value: String
Usage: resourceName = "metadata-resource-name[1]";
  • 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.

top | back

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);

top

Notes

[1] While the variable name described here has hyphens in it, it is assumed that it should be compatible with JavaScript variable naming conventions and XML/CSS naming conventions to help keep things consistent.

top