Modify HTTP responses from a Chrome extension

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In general, you cannot change the response body of a HTTP request using the standard Chrome extension APIs.

This feature is being requested at 104058: WebRequest API: allow extension to edit response body. Star the issue to get notified of updates.

If you want to edit the response body for a known XMLHttpRequest, inject code via a content script to override the default XMLHttpRequest constructor with a custom (full-featured) one that rewrites the response before triggering the real event. Make sure that your XMLHttpRequest object is fully compliant with Chrome’s built-in XMLHttpRequest object, or AJAX-heavy sites will break.

In other cases, you can use the chrome.webRequest or chrome.declarativeWebRequest APIs to redirect the request to a data:-URI. Unlike the XHR-approach, you won’t get the original contents of the request. Actually, the request will never hit the server because redirection can only be done before the actual request is sent. And if you redirect a main_frame request, the user will see the data:-URI instead of the requested URL.

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