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browser.webRequest.filterResponseData missing in FF Webextensions

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Please continue here: [/questions/1176377]
in the implementation of WebRequests API in chrome, you can modify a page's source before the dom tree is even being built using this function: let filter = browser.webRequest.filterResponseData(details.requestId); and then using filter.ondata = event => { this function (browser.webRequest.filterResponseData) is completely missing in FF.

<i>Locking this thread.</i><br><i>Please continue here: [[/questions/1176377]]</i><br> in the implementation of WebRequests API in chrome, you can modify a page's source before the dom tree is even being built using this function: let filter = browser.webRequest.filterResponseData(details.requestId); and then using filter.ondata = event => { this function (browser.webRequest.filterResponseData) is completely missing in FF.

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Hi

if you have a question about add-on development, I recommend you ask in the main add-on forums at https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/add-ons.

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Hi

if you have a question about add-on development, I recommend you ask in the main add-on forums at https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/add-ons.