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Command-line shell script to download a CRX (chrome extension) for offline installation.

• available for both Windows cmd and Linux bash shell
• no installation
  • assumes that a wget binary can be found in PATH

crxdl "ID" ["output-path"]

• "ID"
  • the unique ID of a chrome extension
• "output-path"
  • the optional filepath where the CRX is saved
  • can either be:
    • an absolute path
    • a filename that is saved in the working directory
  • default value:
    • saves file in the working directory
    • filename is: "$ID.crx"

To download the CRX: "uBlock Origin"

• URL of extension:
  • https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en
• ID of extension (obtained from its URL):
  • cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm
• command to save extension using default output path:
  • crxdl "cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm"
    • saved to ⇒ ./cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm.crx
• command to save extension to a non-default filename in the working directory:
  • crxdl "cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm" "uBlock.crx"
    • saved to ⇒ ./uBlock.crx
• command to save extension to a non-default filepath:
  • crxdl "cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm" "/save/to/path/uBlock.crx"
    • saved to ⇒ /save/to/path/uBlock.crx

• open the Extensions page
  • from the address bar:
    • open: chrome://extensions/
  • from the navigation menu:
    • click: the Settings "hamburger" icon
    • select: "More tools" > "Extensions"
• drag & drop the saved .crx file onto the Extensions page
• follow the prompts:
  • click: "Add extension"

• Rob Wu
  • StackOverflow answer
    • explains how to directly download CRX from Google
  • crxviewer
    • commit that adds platform-specific querystring parameters
• Jiri Pospisil
  • chrome-ext-downloader

• copyright: Warren Bank
• license: GPL-2.0