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Im building extension which based on user input and saving, will be opening links based on some conditions. Im using chrome.storage.sync.set, everything works fine. I need to create var from data stored by chrome.storage.sync.get. I am storing URLs.

Storing:

function save_options() {
  var d = document.getElementById('text').value
  chrome.storage.sync.set({
    "data": d,
  }, function() {
    // Update status to let user know options were saved.
    var status = document.getElementById('status');
    status.textContent = 'Options saved.';
    setTimeout(function() {
      status.textContent = '';
    }, 750);
  });
}

document.getElementById('set').addEventListener('click',
    save_options);

Retrieving: This will retrieve stored value and show it on settings page like text, so user knows what data has been stored.

function() {
  chrome.storage.sync.get("data", function(items) {
    if (!chrome.runtime.error) {
      console.log(items);
      document.getElementById("data").innerText = items.data;
    }
  });
}

But when I try to do same thing, retrieve data and create var, Im having only opened empty links:

function visit() {
    var f = chrome.storage.sync.get("data");
    window.open(f);
    }

Even tried creating global var:

var f;
function visit() {
f = chrome.storage.sync.get("data");
window.open(f);
    }

Thank you for your advice.

Peter Galky
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  • I just created a monster of an answer on the topic: http://stackoverflow.com/a/38456419/934239 – Xan Jul 19 '16 at 20:42
  • But long story short, the function simply doesn't return anything. Because _reasons_ (see my link above). – Xan Jul 19 '16 at 20:43

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