Load external JSON into Google Chrome extension script?

Question

I'm creating a Google Chrome extension for internal use only (ie a developer friend and me would load it using the developer checkbox). Can I load data from a JSON file/ JS file we periodically update into it, without (for convenience sake) repackaging and reloading the extension with that data everytime?

(I've tried things like including a http-localhost url into the manifest json and dynamic js embedding without success.) Thanks!

Answer 1

I suppose you are looking into:

https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/xhr.html

You need to set permissions on the manifest in order to make cross-origin XMLHttpRequest