Display information from wikipedia relating to highlighted text

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Version
1.0
Update
May 26, 2021
Size
464KiB
Developer
Category
Users
16
Rating
5 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English (UK)
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Permissions
ActiveTab
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Wiki Search Extension

Wiki Search is an open-source, free productivity tool for Google Chrome.

Select a word or phrase on a web page and click the extension icon for a short 500 character summary of the relevant Wikipedia page. If you want to read more about a word or phrase, feel free to click the 'read more' button at the bottom of the extension popup. This will open a new tab with the full Wikipedia page.

Wikipedia page extracts are retrieved from the MediaWiki API.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "name": "Wiki Search", "version": "1.0", "description": "Display information from wikipedia relating to highlighted text", "background": { "scripts": ["js/js.js"] }, "icons": { "16": "images/favicon-16x16.png", "32": "images/favicon-32x32.png"}, "permissions": [ "activeTab" ], "browser_action": { "default_popup": "wiki.html" }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": [""], "js": ["js/js.js"] } ], "manifest_version": 2}
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Meo Shcam (ID: 0000009d0e8e081a) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 05/26/2021 Wonderful little extension!