javascript - Replace text in website with Chrome content script extension

Question

I would like to create Google Chrome extension. Its job is to replace a word with another on all websites.

I have the following manifest.json file:

{
  "name": "My extension",
  "version": "1.0",
  "background_page": "background.html",
  "permissions": [
    "tabs", "http://*/*"
  ],
  "content_scripts": [
    {
      "matches": ["http://*/*"],
      "js": ["myscript.js"],
      "run_at": "document_end"
    }
  ]
}

and the javascript in myscript.js is:

< script type="text/javascript" >
    document.body.innerHTML = document.body.innerHTML.replace("uno", "dos");
< /script >

However this does not function.. and I cannot find a way to debug the content script, only the background.html

Answer 1

I took the example from JavaNut13 and Matt Curtis to create an alias hider extension for Reddit, and updated it for the new manifest 2. It looks for user on Reddit named "user1" and replaces it with "nobody". Modify as you need.

manifest.json

{
  "name": "No Alias",
  "version": "0.1",
  "permissions": [
    "https://www.reddit.com/*"
  ],
  "content_scripts": [
    {
      "matches": ["https://www.reddit.com/*"],
      "js": ["myscript.js"],
      "run_at": "document_end"
    }
  ],
  "manifest_version": 2
}

myscript.js

document.body.innerHTML = document.body.innerHTML.replace(new RegExp("user1", "g"), "nobody");