.gitignore

@@ -1,9 +1 @@
 *.xpi
-
-*.swp
-
-# Locally built binaries
-/native_application/gorecv
-/example_client/gosend
-
-/web-ext-artifacts

README.md

@@ -1,118 +1,2 @@
-# Native Inserter
+#Clipboard Inserter
-
+A simple addon whose purpose is to automatically insert contents of clipboard into the page
-Fork of the Clipboard Inserter whose purpose it is to automatically insert the
-data received by a native application into a broswer page.
-
-It is useful for use with text extraction tools like Textractor for looking up
-words in the browser.
-
-This repository contains the browser plugin, native application, native
-messaging manifest and an example client. Textractor plugin is not included.
-
-Currently this addon is not available on any of the browsers addon stores, nor
-are releases past the fork signed by our benevolent overlords at
-Mozilla/Google.
-
-Only tested on GNU/Linux with Firefox 91 ESR.
-
-## Install
-
-You will need:
-
-- This code
-- A go compiler
-- A browser supporting native extensions (eg modern Firefox, Chrome)
-
-1) Compile and install the native application
-2) Edit `native_inserter.json` to find the native application
-3) Put `native_inserter.json` into your browsers native messaging manifest directory
-4) Build and install the addon in your browser
-
-For this to be useful you will also need a sender, for example a [Textractor
-plugin](https://github.com/45Tatami/Textractor-TCPSender) and a HTML page ([for
-example](https://pastebin.com/raw/DRDE075L)) that the can be inserted into.
-
-### Firefox
-
-This addon is not signed. From the [official Firefox
-documentation](https://extensionworkshop.com/documentation/publish/signing-and-distribution-overview/):
-
-> Unsigned extensions can be installed in Developer Edition, Nightly, and ESR
-> versions of Firefox, after toggling the xpinstall.signatures.required
-> preference in about:config.
-
-You can download the unsigned build from the releases or follow the official
-instruction for building addons, for example via `web-ext`:
-
-```
-$ npm install -g web-ext
-$ web-ext build
-```
-
-You can then install the resulting zip via the `Install Add-On From File`
-dialog under `about:addons`.
-
-The native messaging manifest directory under linux is
-`~/.mozilla/native-messaging-hosts`.
-
-## How does it work
-
-The browser plugin starts a native application which creates a raw TCP listen
-socket currently on all interfaces on port 30501 for incoming connections.
-
-One or more applications (eg Textractor plugin) will connect to this socket and
-send messages. Messages consist of a 4 Byte little-endian length header and
-UTF-8 payload.
-
-The native application will forward the UTF-8 data to the browser plugin which
-in turn will insert the text into a webpage similar to the original clipboard
-version.
-
-## Troubleshooting
-
-The native application is writing to stderr. Browsers usually forward this to
-their default log.
-
-The browser addon itself will log to the console. Problems with the native
-messaging manifest might not necessarily be logged.
-
-If the native application does not run in the background after loading the
-add-on, double-check if the native messaging manifest is in the correct
-directory and has the binary path set correctly.
-
-## (Not so) FAQ
-
-#### Why not the clipboard
-
-Abusing the clipboard functionality to transfer data to the browser is ugly. It
-does also not work under Wayland which does not allow unfocused applications to
-access the clipboard.
-
-(No opinion here whether the native application/messaging setup is more or less
-ugly than the clipboard approach)
-
-It also has the bonus of working with VMs without setting up clipboard
-forwarding between host and guest.
-
-#### Why a native application
-
-The APIs including TCP listen sockets are no longer supported by modern
-Browsers. The only alternative would be connecting to a WebSocket server, but
-this has two drawbacks:
-
-1) The API only supports the client side protocol and does not implement a
-server. This would mean the sending side would need to be the server and the
-native application the client, which would not work with multiple senders.
-
-2) The sending side (eg C++ Textractor plugin) would need to implement a
-Websocket server which is a lot more work than raw tcp.
-
-## Bugs
-
-- Native messaging expects the length prefix in native byte order. Go does
-  neither have a non-unsafe way to convert an integer to a byte stream in
-  native order for writing nor a way to detect endianness. The native
-  application will write in little-endian, which will break the protocol on
-  big-endian machines
-- Messages over the native-messaging 1MB limit will be discarded instead of
-  split up

bg/index.html

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <html>
   <head>
-    <meta charset="utf-8"/>
     <script src="/default-options.js"></script>
     <script src="monitor.js"></script>
   </head>

bg/monitor.js

@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 console.log("I'm alive")
 
+let previousContent = ""
 let listeningTabs = []
+let timer = null
 let options = defaultOptions
 
-chrome.storage.local.get(defaultOptions,
+browser.storage.local.get(defaultOptions)
-    o => options = o)
+    .then(o => options = o)
 
-
+browser.storage.onChanged.addListener((changes, area) => {
-chrome.storage.onChanged.addListener((changes, area) => {
     if(area === "local") {
 	const optionKeys = Object.keys(options)
 	for(key of Object.keys(changes)) {
@@ -15,25 +16,13 @@ chrome.storage.onChanged.addListener((changes, area) => {
 		options[key] = changes[key].newValue
 	    }
 	}
+	updateTimer()
     }
 })
 
-chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener((tab) => {
+browser.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(() => {
-        toggleTab(tab.id)
+    browser.tabs.query({active: true})
-})
+	.then(([t]) => toggleTab(t.id))
-
-napp = browser.runtime.connectNative("native_inserter")
-napp.onDisconnect.addListener((p) => {
-        if (p.error) {
-                console.error(`Disconnected native app due to an error: ${p.error.message}`)
-        }
-})
-napp.onMessage.addListener((msg) => {
-        console.log("Received: " + msg.body)
-        const pasteTarget = document.querySelector("#paste-target")
-        pasteTarget.innerText = msg.body
-        const content = pasteTarget.innerText
-        listeningTabs.forEach(id => notifyForeground(id, content))
 })
 
 function toggleTab(id) {
@@ -41,19 +30,56 @@ function toggleTab(id) {
     if(index >= 0) {
 	uninject(id)
 	listeningTabs.splice(index, 1)
-                chrome.browserAction.setBadgeText({ text: "", tabId: id })
+	updateTimer()
+	browser.browserAction.setBadgeText({ text: "", tabId: id })
     } else {
-                chrome.tabs.executeScript({file: "/fg/insert.js"})
+	browser.tabs.executeScript({file: "/fg/insert.js"})
 	listeningTabs.push(id)
-                chrome.browserAction.setBadgeBackgroundColor({ color: "green", tabId: id })
+	updateTimer()
-                chrome.browserAction.setBadgeText({ text: "ON", tabId: id })
+	browser.browserAction.setBadgeBackgroundColor({ color: "green", tabId: id })
+	browser.browserAction.setBadgeText({ text: "ON", tabId: id })
     }
 }
 
 function notifyForeground(id, text) {
-        chrome.tabs.sendMessage(id, { action: "insert", text, options })
+    browser.tabs.sendMessage(id, {
+	action: "insert", text, options
+    })
 }
 
 function uninject(id) {
-    chrome.tabs.sendMessage(id, { action: "uninject" })
+    browser.tabs.sendMessage(id, { action: "uninject" })
+}
+
+function checkClipboard() {
+    const pasteTarget = document.querySelector("#paste-target")
+    pasteTarget.textContent = ""
+    pasteTarget.focus()
+    document.execCommand("paste")
+    const content = pasteTarget.textContent
+    if(content != previousContent) {
+	listeningTabs.forEach(id => notifyForeground(id, content))
+	previousContent = content
+    }
+}
+
+function updateTimer() {
+    function stop() {
+	clearInterval(timer.id)
+	timer = null
+    }
+    function start() {
+	const id = setInterval(checkClipboard, options.monitorInterval)
+	timer = { id, interval: options.monitorInterval }
+    }
+    if(listeningTabs.length > 0) {
+	if(timer === null) {
+	    start()
+	} else if(timer.interval !== options.monitorInterval) {
+	    stop()
+	    start()
+	}
+    } else {
+	stop()
+    }
 }

example_client/go.mod

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-module gosend
-
-go 1.17

example_client/main.go

@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"bufio"
-	"encoding/binary"
-	"log"
-	"math"
-	"net"
-	"os"
-)
-
-const remote_addr = "localhost:30501"
-
-func main() {
-	c, err := net.Dial("tcp", remote_addr)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Panic("Error connecting:", err)
-	}
-	defer c.Close()
-
-	log.Printf("Connected to '%s'. Please input lines\n", remote_addr)
-
-	s := bufio.NewScanner(os.Stdin)
-	for s.Scan() {
-		msg := []byte(s.Text())
-
-		msg_len := len(msg)
-		if msg_len > math.MaxUint32 {
-			log.Println("Message too long")
-			continue
-		}
-
-		len_buf := make([]byte, 4)
-		binary.LittleEndian.PutUint32(len_buf, uint32(msg_len))
-
-		if _, err := c.Write(len_buf); err != nil {
-			log.Panic("Error sending len:", err)
-		}
-		if _, err := c.Write(msg); err != nil {
-			log.Panic("Error sending payload:", err)
-		}
-	}
-	if err := s.Err(); err != nil {
-		log.Println("Error reading:", err)
-	}
-}

fg/insert.js

@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
 	    document.querySelector(msg.options.containerSelector).appendChild(elem)
 	    break
 	case "uninject":
-	    chrome.runtime.onMessage.removeListener(processMessage)
+	    browser.runtime.onMessage.removeListener(processMessage)
 	    break
 	}    
     }
 
-    chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener(processMessage)
+    browser.runtime.onMessage.addListener(processMessage)
 })()

manifest.json

@@ -1,24 +1,16 @@
 {
     "manifest_version": 2,
-    "name": "Native Inserter",
+    "name": "Clipboard Inserter",
-    "version": "1.0.0",
+    "version": "0.2.0",
 
-    "description": "An addon that inserts contents received from a native application into a page. Forked from clipboard-inserter. Uses icon made by Google from www.flaticon.com licensed by CC 3.0 BY",
+    "description": "A simple addon whose purpose is to automatically insert contents of clipboard into the page. Uses icon made by Google from www.flaticon.com licensed by CC 3.0 BY",
 
     "icons": {},
 
-    "browser_specific_settings": {
-	"gecko": {
-	    "id": "@native-inserter",
-            "strict_min_version": "50.0"
-	}
-    },
-    
     "permissions": [
 	"activeTab",
-	"storage",
+	"clipboardRead",
-        "nativeMessaging",
+	"storage"
-	"file://*/*"
     ],
 
     "browser_action": {
@@ -28,7 +20,7 @@
 	    "32": "icon/icon32.png",
 	    "64": "icon/icon64.png"
 	},
-	"default_title": "Toggle Native Inserter"
+	"default_title": "Toggle clipboard inserter"
     },
     
     "background": {

native_application/go.mod

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-module gorecv
-
-go 1.17

native_application/main.go

@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"encoding/binary"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
-	"io"
-	"log"
-	"net"
-)
-
-type Message struct {
-	Body string `json:"body"`
-}
-
-const MSG_SIZE_LIMIT = 1000 * 1000 // Unclear if 1MiB or 1MB, using lower bound
-const LISTEN_INTERFACE = ":30501"
-
-func main() {
-	log.Println("Listening on", LISTEN_INTERFACE)
-
-	l, err := net.Listen("tcp", LISTEN_INTERFACE)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	defer l.Close()
-
-	msg_pipe := make(chan string)
-
-	// Output routine
-	go func() {
-		for {
-			msg, err := json.Marshal(Message{<-msg_pipe})
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Println("Error encoding message:", err)
-				continue
-			}
-
-			msg_len := len(msg)
-			if msg_len >= MSG_SIZE_LIMIT {
-				log.Println("Message over webextension limit. Discarding")
-				continue
-			}
-
-			len_buf := make([]byte, 4)
-			binary.LittleEndian.PutUint32(len_buf, uint32(msg_len))
-
-			log.Println(len_buf, string(msg))
-			fmt.Print(string(len_buf))
-			fmt.Print(string(msg))
-		}
-	}()
-
-	// Accept connections
-	for {
-		conn, err := l.Accept()
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Println("Error accepting conn:", err)
-		}
-		go conn_hndlr(conn, msg_pipe)
-	}
-}
-
-func conn_hndlr(c net.Conn, ch chan<- string) {
-	defer c.Close()
-	log.Println("Connection opened:", c)
-	for {
-		msg, err := read_msg(c)
-		if err != nil {
-			break
-		}
-		ch <- msg
-	}
-	log.Println("Closing connection:", c)
-}
-
-func read_msg(c net.Conn) (string, error) {
-	len_buf := make([]byte, 4)
-
-	if _, err := io.ReadFull(c, len_buf); err != nil {
-		log.Println("Len read error:", err)
-		return "", err
-	}
-
-	msg_len := binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(len_buf)
-	msg_buf := make([]byte, msg_len)
-	if _, err := io.ReadFull(c, msg_buf); err != nil {
-		log.Println("Msg read error:", err)
-		return "", err
-	}
-
-	return string(msg_buf), nil
-}

native_inserter.json

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "native_inserter",
-  "description": "Example host for native messaging",
-  "path": "/usr/local/bin/gorecv",
-  "type": "stdio",
-  "allowed_extensions": [ "@native-inserter" ]
-}

options.js

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => {
 	  containerSelector = document.querySelector("#container-selector"),
 	  monitorInterval = document.querySelector("#monitor-interval")
 
-    const storage = chrome.storage.local
+    const storage = browser.storage.local
     
-    storage.get(defaultOptions, o => {
+    storage.get(defaultOptions).then(o => {
 	elemName.value = o.elemName
 	containerSelector.value = o.containerSelector
 	monitorInterval.value = o.monitorInterval