Don't throw 404 if script doesn't exist.

[sheerun]

Just use filesystem API:
http://developer.chrome.com/apps/fileSystem.html

[ticky]

Good call. If I'm reading this right, that'll also remove the requirement of a server, and allow this to work cross-platform and without Ruby as a dependency. 👍

[fuadsaud]

Hmm, that would make only the extension (which would be totally rewritten) necessary indeed. Seems like a much more elegant way of solving the problem, but I dont't know if there's any hope for this to be implemented, since the repo is kind of abandoned :(

[ticky]

That doesn't mean nobody can fork this and make it happen.

Even if it sits as a pull request for a while.

[fuadsaud]

Sure, but look at the PR page: there are some lingering for more than a year :(

I think everyone would like to see #56 merged (or at least implemented in some way or another).

[ticky]

Well in that case, everyone just needs to switch to using the fork. It happens.

[markogresak]

Nevermind, this breaks the plugin, so it won't even work. But it could be fixed if the plugin itself would be updated to use a try..catch block, which disables exception to be printed in the console.

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You can fix it yourself, it's really simple.

I figured it out thanks to @diffsky's hint of extension location, from thread about failed loading jquey.min.map (I didn't know that since I have never tried to learn about chrome plugins).

How to fix it (assuming using mac):

Edit file: ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Extensions/<ID>/2.0.1_0/dotjs.js

The <ID> is id number of extension, explained in @diffsky's comment. To save you time searching, run this command in your terminal - I'm assuming you have set the $EDITOR variable (if not, replace it with your favorite editor command), or replace it with echo and open outputted path in your editor.

$EDITOR "$(find "$HOME/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Extensions/" -name '*dotjs.js')"

Wrap the whole code (ajax request) in try..catch:

try {
  $.ajax({
    //...
  })
}
catch (e) {}

I know it's a dirty fix, but it works and not nearly as complicated as using fileSystem.

[kikigotit4u]

W2g

[matthewhadley]

The filesystem api is only allowed in apps, not extensions. Trying to register it in an extensions manifest results in an error:

'fileSystem' is only allowed for packaged apps, but this is a extension

The tabs api, however, has some functions to inject js and css, so I made a quick attempt to reproduce dotjs functionality using that: https://github.com/diffsky/chromedotfiles