Activity Stream Router
Preferences browser.newtab.activity-stream.asrouter.*
| Name |
Used for |
Type |
Example value |
whitelistHosts |
Whitelist a host in order to fetch messages from its endpoint |
[String] |
["gist.github.com", "gist.githubusercontent.com", "localhost:8000"] |
messageProviders |
Message provider options |
Object |
see below |
Message providers
[
{
"id" : "onboarding",
"type" : "local",
"localProvider" : "OnboardingMessageProvider"
},
{
"type" : "remote",
"url" : "https://snippets.cdn.mozilla.net/us-west/bundles/bundle_d6d90fb9098ce8b45e60acf601bcb91b68322309.json",
"updateCycleInMs" : 14400000,
"id" : "snippets"
}
]
Admin Interface
- Navigate to
about:newtab#asrouter
- See all available messages and message providers
- Block, unblock or force show a specific message
Snippet Preview
- Whitelist the provider host that will serve the messages
- In
about:config, browser.newtab.activity-stream.asrouter.whitelistHosts can contain a array of hosts
- Example value
["gist.github.com", "gist.githubusercontent.com", "localhost:8000"]
- Errors are surfaced in the
Console tab of the Browser Toolbox (read how to enable)
- Navigate to
about:newtab?endpoint=<URL>
- Example
https://gist.githubusercontent.com/piatra/70234f08696c0a0509d7ba5568cd830f/raw/68370f34abc134142c64b6f0a9b9258a06de7aa3/messages.json
- URL should be from an endpoint that was just whitelisted
- The snippet preview should imediately load
- The endpoint must be HTTPS, the host must be whitelisted
- Errors are surfaced in the
Console tab of the Browser Toolbox
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