crx3 0.0.1

Chrome extension (crx) packing tool.

CRX3

crx3 is a python library for packaging and parsing crx files.

Installation

crx3 is available on PyPI:

$ python -m pip install crx3

crx3 officially supports Python 3.7+.

Functions

• Create a private key for signing the crx file.

from crx3 import creator

creator.create_private_key_file('{output_private_key_file.pem}')

• Packaging a zip file or extension code directory to a crx file.

from crx3 import creator

creator.create_crx_file('{extension_zip_or_dir}', '{private_key.pem}', '{output_crx_file.crx}')

• Verify if a file is a valid crx version 3 file.

from crx3 import verifier

verifier_result, header_info = verifier.verify('{crx_file.crx}')
print(verifier_result, header_info)
assert verifier_result == verifier.VerifierResult.OK_FULL
assert header_info.crx_id == '{alphabet crx id string}'
assert header_info.public_key == '{public key string}'