Retrieving chromebook user email in extension

Question

I have a chrome extension installed on a Chromebook. I'm looking for a way for that extension to retrieve the email address with which I'm currently signed into the Chromebook. I tried using the following:

chrome.identity.getProfileUserInfo(function(userInfo){
    console.log(userInfo.email);
});

However it's always empty.

Thanks!

Answer 1

As stated in this answer, to use the new chrome.identity.getProfileUserInfo API you'll need to request the permission for "identity.email" in your manifest.

So first of all add it to your manifest.json:

"permissions": {
    ...
    "identity.email"
    ...
}

Then you can call the method as you wanted:

chrome.identity.getProfileUserInfo(function(info) {
    console.log(info);
});

// {email: "[email protected]", id: xxxxxx}