How To Periodically Check Whether A Tab Is Created Or Not, Just When The Chrome Extension Is Installed

I have set my website as a chrome extension.Presently when I click on the extension icon,it navigates to website's login page.And it access a server file and set's the color of the

Solution 1:

If you want to perform a periodic check, you can utilize the chrome.alarms API (which will also work with non-persistent background-pages - in contrast to window.setInterval). E.g.:

In manifest.json:

"permissions": [
    "alarms",
    ...

In background.js:

...
var checkInterval = 5;
chrome.alarms.create("checkServer", {
    delayInMinutes: checkInterval,
    periodInMinutes: checkInterval
});

chrome.alarms.onAlarm.addListener(function(alarm) {
    if (alarm.name === "checkServer") {
        updateIcon();
    }
});