--- title: What is Chrome Scripting API? | daily.dev description: Chrome Scripting API is a new namespace added in Manifest V3. It replaces the Tab API methods of Manifest V2 and can inject scripts and styles into websites.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-chrome-scripting-api--pmlnh6ykq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What is Chrome Scripting API? | daily.dev og:description: Chrome Scripting API is a new namespace added in Manifest V3. It replaces the Tab API methods of Manifest V2 and can inject scripts and styles into websites.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-chrome-scripting-api--pmlnh6ykq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/pMLNH6Ykq.png og:image:alt: What is Chrome Scripting API? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What is Chrome Scripting API? **[Bits and Pieces](https://daily.dev/sources/bit)** · 5 min read · 14 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Chrome Scripting API is a new namespace added in Manifest V3. It replaces the Tab API methods of Manifest V2 and can inject scripts and styles into websites. It has features like dynamic content scripts, target-specific frames, and target non-tab contexts. It also allows targeting multiple frames with a single API call. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@ghost** · 0 upvotes > The article looks better and clear in defining basic topics and subtopics as compared to the docs! --- Tags: [#google-chrome](https://daily.dev/tags/google-chrome) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-chrome-scripting-api--pmlnh6ykq) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"What is Chrome Scripting API?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-chrome-scripting-api--pmlnh6ykq","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-chrome-scripting-api--pmlnh6ykq"},"datePublished":"2021-11-11T02:24:14.157Z","dateModified":"2021-11-11T02:24:14.157Z","description":"Chrome Scripting API is a new namespace added in Manifest V3. It replaces the Tab API methods of Manifest V2 and can inject scripts and styles into websites....","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ac0d0d531e0198f1bafbb9d1c2ae844b","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ac0d0d531e0198f1bafbb9d1c2ae844b","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Bits and Pieces","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Bits and Pieces","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/bit","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/bit"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-chrome-scripting-api--pmlnh6ykq","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":14},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"google-chrome","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bits and Pieces","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/bit"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"What is Chrome Scripting API?"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-chrome-scripting-api--pmlnh6ykq","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"The article looks better and clear in defining basic topics and subtopics as compared to the docs!","datePublished":"2021-11-11T07:57:04.725Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/pMLNH6Ykq#c-2wYsa7EXV","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Deleted user","url":"https://daily.dev/ghost","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--hNIUzLiO--/f_auto/v1705327420/public/ghost_vlftth"}}]} ```