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Interface: WxtHooks

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:523

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Properties

build:before

build:before: (wxt) => HookResult

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:1411

Called before the build is started in both dev mode and build mode.

Parameters

wxt

Wxt

The configured WXT object

Returns

HookResult


build:done

build:done: (wxt, output) => HookResult

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:1419

Called once the build process has finished. You can add files to the build summary here by pushing to output.publicAssets.

Parameters

wxt

Wxt

The configured WXT object

output

Readonly<BuildOutput>

The results of the build

Returns

HookResult


build:manifestGenerated

build:manifestGenerated: (wxt, manifest) => HookResult

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:1427

Called once the manifest has been generated. Used to transform the manifest by reference before it is written to the output directory.

Parameters

wxt

Wxt

The configured WXT object

manifest

Manifest

The manifest that was generated

Returns

HookResult


build:publicAssets

build:publicAssets: (wxt, files) => HookResult

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:1463

Called when public assets are found. You can modify the files list by reference to add or remove public files.

Parameters

wxt

Wxt

The configured WXT object

files

ResolvedPublicFile[]

The list of files that will be copied into the output directory

Returns

HookResult


config:resolved

config:resolved: (wxt) => HookResult

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:1353

Called whenever config is loaded or reloaded. Use this hook to modify config by modifying wxt.config.

Parameters

wxt

Wxt

The configured WXT object

Returns

HookResult


entrypoints:found

entrypoints:found: (wxt, infos) => HookResult

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:1438

Called once the names and paths of all entrypoints have been resolved.

Parameters

wxt

Wxt

The configured WXT object

infos

EntrypointInfo[]

List of entrypoints found in the project's entrypoints directory

Returns

HookResult


entrypoints:grouped

entrypoints:grouped: (wxt, groups) => HookResult

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:1454

Called once all entrypoints have been grouped into their build groups.

Parameters

wxt

Wxt

The configured WXT object

groups

EntrypointGroup[]

The list of groups to build in each build step

Returns

HookResult


entrypoints:resolved

entrypoints:resolved: (wxt, entrypoints) => HookResult

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:1447

Called once all entrypoints have been loaded from the entrypointsDir. Use wxt.builder.importEntrypoint to load entrypoint options from the file, or manually define them.

Parameters

wxt

Wxt

The configured WXT object

entrypoints

Entrypoint[]

The list of entrypoints to be built

Returns

HookResult


prepare:publicPaths

prepare:publicPaths: (wxt, paths) => HookResult

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:1405

Called before generating the list of public paths inside .wxt/types/paths.d.ts. Use this hook to add additional paths (relative to output directory) WXT doesn't add automatically.

Parameters

wxt

Wxt

The configured WXT object

paths

PublicPathEntry[]

This list of paths TypeScript allows browser.runtime.getURL to be called with.

Returns

HookResult

Example

ts
wxt.hooks.hook('prepare:publicPaths', (wxt, paths) => {
    paths.push('icons/128.png');
    paths.push({
      type: 'templateLiteral',
      path: '_favicon/?${string}',
    });
  });

prepare:tsconfig

prepare:tsconfig: (wxt, configs) => HookResult

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:1386

Called before WXT writes your tsconfig to the disk, allowing full customization by modifying the object by reference.

Parameters

wxt

Wxt

configs

PrepareTsconfigs

Returns

HookResult

Since

0.20.28

Example

ts
wxt.hooks.hook('prepare:tsconfig', (wxt, { tsconfig }) => {
    tsconfig.compilerOptions.lib.push('WebWorker');
  });

prepare:types

prepare:types: (wxt, entries) => HookResult

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:1375

Called before WXT writes .wxt/tsconfig.json and .wxt/wxt.d.ts, allowing addition of custom references and declarations in wxt.d.ts, or directly modifying the options in tsconfig.json.

Parameters

wxt

Wxt

entries

WxtDirEntry[]

Returns

HookResult

Example

ts
wxt.hooks.hook('prepare:types', (wxt, entries) => {
    // Add a file, ".wxt/types/example.d.ts", that defines a global
    // variable called "example" in the TS project.
    entries.push({
      path: 'types/example.d.ts',
      text: 'declare const a: string;',
      tsReference: true,
    });
    // use module to add Triple-Slash Directive in .wxt/wxt.d.ts
    // eg: /// <reference types="@types/example" />
    entries.push({
      module: '@types/example',
    });
  });

ready

ready: (wxt) => HookResult

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:1346

Called after WXT modules are initialized, when the WXT instance is ready to be used. wxt.server isn't available yet, use server:created to get it.

Parameters

wxt

Wxt

The configured WXT object

Returns

HookResult


server:closed

server:closed: (wxt, server) => HookResult

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:1527

Called when the dev server is stopped.

Parameters

wxt

Wxt

The configured WXT object

server

WxtDevServer

Same as wxt.server, the object WXT uses to control the dev server.

Returns

HookResult


server:created

server:created: (wxt, server) => HookResult

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:1511

Called when the dev server is created (and wxt.server is assigned). Server has not been started yet.

Parameters

wxt

Wxt

The configured WXT object

server

WxtDevServer

Same as wxt.server, the object WXT uses to control the dev server.

Returns

HookResult


server:started

server:started: (wxt, server) => HookResult

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:1519

Called when the dev server is started.

Parameters

wxt

Wxt

The configured WXT object

server

WxtDevServer

Same as wxt.server, the object WXT uses to control the dev server.

Returns

HookResult


vite:build:extendConfig

vite:build:extendConfig: (entrypoints, viteConfig) => HookResult

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:532

Called when WXT has created Vite's config for a build step. Useful if you want to add plugins or update the vite config per entrypoint group.

Parameters

entrypoints

readonly Entrypoint[]

The list of entrypoints being built with the provided config.

viteConfig

InlineConfig

The config that will be used for the dev server.

Returns

HookResult


vite:devServer:extendConfig

vite:devServer:extendConfig: (config) => HookResult

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:543

Called when WXT has created Vite's config for the dev server. Useful if you want to add plugins or update the vite config per entrypoint group.

Parameters

config

InlineConfig

The config that will be used to build the entrypoints. Can be updated by reference.

Returns

HookResult


zip:done

zip:done: (wxt, zipFiles) => HookResult

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:1502

Called after the entire zip process is complete.

Parameters

wxt

Wxt

The configured WXT object

zipFiles

string[]

An array of paths to all created zip files

Returns

HookResult


zip:extension:done

zip:extension:done: (wxt, zipPath) => HookResult

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:1482

Called after zipping the extension files.

Parameters

wxt

Wxt

The configured WXT object

zipPath

string

The path to the created extension zip file

Returns

HookResult


zip:extension:start

zip:extension:start: (wxt) => HookResult

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:1475

Called before zipping the extension files.

Parameters

wxt

Wxt

The configured WXT object

Returns

HookResult


zip:sources:done

zip:sources:done: (wxt, zipPath) => HookResult

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:1495

Called after zipping the source files (for Firefox).

Parameters

wxt

Wxt

The configured WXT object

zipPath

string

The path to the created sources zip file

Returns

HookResult


zip:sources:start

zip:sources:start: (wxt) => HookResult

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:1488

Called before zipping the source files (for Firefox).

Parameters

wxt

Wxt

The configured WXT object

Returns

HookResult


zip:start

zip:start: (wxt) => HookResult

Source: packages/wxt/src/types.ts:1469

Called before the zip process starts.

Parameters

wxt

Wxt

The configured WXT object

Returns

HookResult


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