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title = "Browser Extension (Firefox)"
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description = "An extension for firefox to upload files from your browser via right-click → upload to docspell."
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2020-07-27 20:13:22 +00:00
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The idea is to click on a file in firefox and send it to docspell. It
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is downloaded in the context of your current page. Then handed to an
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application that pushes it to docspell. There is a browser add-on
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implementing this in `tools/webextension`. This add-on only works with
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firefox.
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Installation is a bit complicated, since you need to install external
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tools and the web extension. Both work together.
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# Install `ds.sh`
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First copy the `ds.sh` tool somewhere in your `PATH`, maybe
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`/usr/local/bin` as described above.
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# Install the native part
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Then install the "native" part of the web extension:
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Copy or symlink the `native.py` script into some known location. For
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example:
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``` bash
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ln -s ~/docspell-checkout/tools/webextension/native/native.py /usr/local/share/docspell/native.py
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```
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Then copy the `app_manifest.json` to
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`$HOME/.mozilla/native-messaging-hosts/docspell.json`. For example:
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``` bash
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cp ~/docspell-checkout/tools/webextension/native/app_manifest.json ~/.mozilla/native-messaging-hosts/docspell.json
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```
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See
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[here](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Native_manifests#Manifest_location)
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for details.
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And you might want to modify this json file, so the path to the
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`native.py` script is correct (it must be absolute).
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If the `ds.sh` script is in your `$PATH`, then this should
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work. Otherwise, edit the `native.py` script and change the path to
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the tool. Or create a file `$HOME/.config/docspell/ds.cmd` whose
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content is the path to the `ds.sh` script.
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# Install the extension
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An extension file can be build using the `make-xpi.sh` script. But
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installing it in "standard" firefox won't work, because [Mozilla
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requires extensions to be signed by
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them](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Add-ons/Extension_Signing). This means
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creating an account and going through some process…. So here are two
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alternatives:
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1. Open firefox and type `about:debugging` in the addressbar. Then
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click on *'Load Temporary Add-on...'* and select the
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`manifest.json` file. The extension is now installed. The downside
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is, that the extension will be removed once firefox is closed.
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2. Use Firefox ESR, which allows to install Add-ons not signed by
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Mozilla. But it has to be configured: Open firefox and type
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`about:config` in the address bar. Search for key
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`xpinstall.signatures.required` and set it to `false`. This is
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described on the last paragraph on [this
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page](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-on-signing-in-firefox).
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When you right click on a file link, there should be a context menu
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entry *'Docspell Upload Helper'*. The add-on will download this file
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using the browser and then send the file path to the `native.py`
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script. This script will in turn call `ds.sh` which finally uploads it
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to your configured URLs.
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Open the Add-ons page (`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`A`), the new add-on should be
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there.
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