Bridgy connects your web site to social media. This extension adds Facebook support.

Latest Version

Version
0.7.0
Update
January 3, 2024
Size
89.02KiB
Developer
brid.gy
Category
Users
76
Rating
1 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Permissions
Alarms
Cookies
Storage
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Bridgy Extension

Bridgy (brid.gy) connects your web site to social media as part of the IndieWeb (indieweb.org). This extension provides backfeed for Facebook: it pulls back comments and likes from those sites to your own web site. See the Bridgy docs for more background and details.

Your web site needs to support IndieAuth (indieauth.net). When you install the extension, it opens a Bridgy page for you to IndieAuth into your site. After that, it runs in the background, forwarding Facebook responses to Bridgy to send back to your site. You can see status info and poke it on the extension settings page.

Bridgy originally used Facebook's API to do this, but they later restricted that API. Fortunately you can still log into and use them legitimately in your browser, so this extension lets you send your own data to Bridgy, automatically.

Join the IndieWeb chat at indieweb.org/discuss to ask questions or give us feedback!

What's new:

0.7.0, 2024-01-03

* Remove Instgram. Their anti-bot defenses have led them to suspend a couple people's accounts for using this extension, so we're disabling it out of an abundance of caution. Sorry for the bad news.

0.6.1, 2022-09-18

* Don't open silo login pages if they're not logged in. This ran at extension startup time, which was mostly harmless in manifest v2 since the background page was persistent stayed loaded, but in manifest v3 it's a service worker or non-persistent background page, which gets unloaded and then reloaded every 5m.

0.6.0, 2022-09-17

* Migrate Chrome (but not Firefox) from Manifest v2 to v3.

0.5, 2022-07-21

* Update Instagram scraping.

0.4, 2022-01-30

* Fix Instagram comments. Add extra client side API fetch, forward to new Bridgy endpoint.
* Expand error messages in options UI.

0.3.5, 2021-03-04

* Dynamically adjust polling frequency per silo based on how often we're seeing new comments and reactions, how recent the last successful webmention was, etc.

0.3.4, 2021-02-22

* Allow individually enabling or disabling Instagram and Facebook.

0.3.3, 2021-02-20

* Only override requests from the browser extension, not all requests to the silos' domains.

0.3.2, 2021-02-18

* Fix compatibility with Facebook Container Tabs.

0.3.1, 2021-02-17

* Add Facebook support!

0.2.1, 2021-01-09

* Add more details to extensions option page: Instagram login, Bridgy IndieAuth registration, etc.
* Support Firefox's Facebook Container Tabs addon.

0.2, 2021-01-03

* Add IndieAuth login on https://brid.gy/ and token handling.
* Add extension settings page with status info and buttons to login again and poll now.
* Better error handling.

0.1.5, 2020-12-25

* Initial beta release!
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx","name": "Bridgy","version": "0.7.0","description": "Bridgy connects your web site to social media. This extension adds Facebook support.","homepage_url": "https://brid.gy/", "manifest_version": 3, "minimum_chrome_version": "88", "permissions": [ "alarms", "cookies", "storage" ], "host_permissions": [ "*://*.brid.gy/*", "*://*.facebook.com/*" ], "background": { "service_worker": "background.js", "type": "module" }, "icons": { "128": "bridgy_logo_128.jpg", "1024": "bridgy_logo_square_1024.jpg" }, "options_ui": { "page": "options.html", "browser_style": true }}
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How to download and manually install Bridgy extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Bridgy extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install Bridgy extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Bridgy extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Bridgy extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Bridgy extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the Bridgy Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Bridgy extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Bridgy extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Bridgy extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the Bridgy extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download Bridgy extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Bridgy extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the Bridgy extension file

Select and download the Bridgy extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the Bridgy extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your Bridgy extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the Bridgy extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install Bridgy extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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