Does this SDK works with browser extension ?

[bt0r]

Hi there 👋🏻

In advance, thanks for your work 👏🏻
I'm actually trying to add your sdk inside a browser extension (in a content_script) but i stuck on 'logs.logger.info' not yet available, please call '.init()' first.

• Is it supposed to work with browser extension ? if yes, is there is something special to do ?

Thanks

[bcaudan]

Hi @bt0r,

We are not actively supporting browser extension so some features could not work.
Could you share a repository where we could have a look at your issue?

[bt0r]

Hi @bcaudan Thanks for your reply :)
Sure, you can check this one https://github.com/bt0r/noteflix , i didn't pushed a draft PR with datadog integration because its just a local test but if you need to go deeper, i can do it

[bcaudan]

If it does not bother you, it would be great

[bt0r]

I pushed a branch with a litle test https://github.com/bt0r/NoteFlix/tree/draft/datadog-logs
To run the extension :

• make install
• make watch-firefox or make watch-chrome
• Add the extension in your browser firefox or chrome
• Open Netflix (needed to trigger the extension)

Index.js is the extension entrypoint, i simply added https://github.com/bt0r/NoteFlix/blob/draft/datadog-logs/src/index.js#L3-L20 to trigger the error (readable in console)

If i can help you, just let me know ! i would be very happy to use datadog for this project

[bcaudan]

I've made a few tests, it works fine on chrome but it fails on firefox.

On firefox, I've got a TypeError: "fetch" is read-only which let me think that the extension execution context is stricter than the document one.
We use a fetch proxy to collect request errors, so disabling automatic error collection (forwardErrorsToLogs: false) should allow you to use the logger.

[bt0r]

You're right ! The error seems out now but i cannot see any logs in Datadog, maybe i'm wrong but should it be somewhere else than in the Log explorer ? (i tried using 15 minutes and live tail to prevent a blacklist policy) Or maybe its not avalaible with the log managment free plan

There is a 403 replied (i tried differents token, buy a log managment plan but same goal)

[bcaudan]

Unless the same request works from a different context (curl, browser debug console, integration in regular web page), it seems to me that this is a different issue not directly related to this repository.

If this is the case, you should ask Datadog support for help with it.

[bt0r]

The bug is related to the "datacenter" attribute chosen in the init section https://github.com/bt0r/NoteFlix/blob/draft/datadog-logs/src/index.js#L11, i chose "eu" and now with "us" it's working fine, i close this issue.

Thanks you for you quick answers and help !