// Copyright 2025 The Chromium Authors // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be // found in the LICENSE file. dictionary Alarm { // Name of this alarm. required DOMString name; // Time at which this alarm was scheduled to fire, in milliseconds past the // epoch (e.g. Date.now() + n). For performance reasons, the // alarm may have been delayed an arbitrary amount beyond this. required double scheduledTime; // If not null, the alarm is a repeating alarm and will fire again in // periodInMinutes minutes. double periodInMinutes; // Whether the alarm should persist across sessions (browser restarts). required boolean persistAcrossSessions; }; // TODO(mpcomplete): rename to CreateInfo when http://crbug.com/123073 is // fixed. dictionary AlarmCreateInfo { // Name of this alarm. DOMString name; // Time at which the alarm should fire, in milliseconds past the epoch // (e.g. Date.now() + n). double when; // Length of time in minutes after which the onAlarm event // should fire. // // double delayInMinutes; // If set, the onAlarm event should fire every periodInMinutes // minutes after the initial event specified by when or // delayInMinutes. If not set, the alarm will only fire once. // // double periodInMinutes; // Whether the alarm should persist across sessions (browser restarts). In // Chrome, this defaults to true to match historical behavior, but you should // set this explicitly to maximize compatibility across browsers. boolean persistAcrossSessions; }; // Listener callback for the onAlarm event. // |alarm|: The alarm that has elapsed. callback OnAlarmListener = undefined (Alarm alarm); interface OnAlarmEvent : ExtensionEvent { static undefined addListener(OnAlarmListener listener); static undefined removeListener(OnAlarmListener listener); static boolean hasListener(OnAlarmListener listener); }; // Use the chrome.alarms API to schedule code to run // periodically or at a specified time in the future. interface Alarms { // Creates an alarm. Near the time(s) specified by alarmInfo, // the onAlarm event is fired. If there is another alarm with // the same name (or no name if none is specified), it will be cancelled and // replaced by this alarm. // // In order to reduce the load on the user's machine, Chrome limits alarms // to at most once every 30 seconds but may delay them an arbitrary amount // more. That is, setting delayInMinutes or // periodInMinutes to less than 0.5 will not be // honored and will cause a warning. when can be set to less // than 30 seconds after "now" without warning but won't actually cause the // alarm to fire for at least 30 seconds. // // To help you debug your app or extension, when you've loaded it unpacked, // there's no limit to how often the alarm can fire. // // |name|: Optional name to identify this alarm. Defaults to the empty // string. // |alarmInfo|: Describes when the alarm should fire. The initial time must // be specified by either when or delayInMinutes (but // not both). If periodInMinutes is set, the alarm will repeat // every periodInMinutes minutes after the initial event. If // neither when or delayInMinutes is set for a // repeating alarm, periodInMinutes is used as the default for // delayInMinutes. // |Returns|: Promise that resolves when the alarm has been created. static Promise create( optional DOMString name, AlarmCreateInfo alarmInfo); // Retrieves details about the specified alarm. // |name|: The name of the alarm to get. Defaults to the empty string. // |PromiseValue|: alarm static Promise get(optional DOMString name); // Gets an array of all the alarms. // |PromiseValue|: alarms static Promise> getAll(); // Clears the alarm with the given name. // |name|: The name of the alarm to clear. Defaults to the empty string. // |PromiseValue|: wasCleared static Promise clear(optional DOMString name); // Clears all alarms. // |PromiseValue|: wasCleared static Promise clearAll(); // Fired when an alarm has elapsed. Useful for event pages. static attribute OnAlarmEvent onAlarm; }; partial interface Browser { static attribute Alarms alarms; };