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Rob Wu
cdadb0db4d Proof of concept using chrome.streamsPrivate API
This method captures all application/pdf streams, loads the viewer
and passes the stream to the PDF.js viewer.

This commit shows a proof of concept using the chrome.streamsPrivate API.

Advantages of new method:
- Access to the response body of the original request, thus fewer
  network requests.
- PDFs from non-GET requests (e.g. POST) are now supported.
- FTP files are also supported.

Possible improvements:
- Use declared content scripts instead of dynamic chrome.tabs.executeScript.
  This allows the extension to render the viewer in frames when the
  extension is disallowed to run executeScript for the top URL.
- Use chrome.declarativeWebRequest instead of webRequest, and replace
  background page with event page (don't forget to profile the
  difference & will the background/event page still work as intended?).
2014-01-15 23:04:15 +01:00