Why Require is not defined using WebExtension (Chrome extension for FireFox)

Question

i'm trying to port Chrome Extension on Nightly(for now) using webextension module , but , when i'm trying to do require("sdk/tabs");

var tabs = require("sdk/tabs");

tabs.on("ready",function(tabs) {
  if (tabs && tabs.url && tabs.url.match(driveURLpattern) || tabs.url.match(docsURLpattern)) {
    currentTabId = tabs.id;
    return authentication();
  }

});

Console: ReferenceError: require is not defined

But it doesn't work...How can i define it ?

UPDATE: Original code for Chrome is:

chrome.tabs.onUpdated.addListener(function(tabId, changeInfo, tab) {
if (changeInfo.status === 'complete') {
  if (tab && tab.url && tab.url.match(driveURLpattern) || tab.url.match(docsURLpattern)) {
    currentTabId = tab.id;
    return authentication();
  }
}

});

Thanks in advance !

eKivOx

EDIT : SOLUTION WAS FOUND. THANK YOU

The solution is , require isn't in WebExtensions, we can't do like the SDK-addons , so i've check compatibilities of ChromeAPi and i saw chrome.tabs.onUpdated() is compatible !Cya

Answer 1

require is used in context of CommonJS modules. It imports the methods exported by library modules. You cannot port your chrome extension to FF-addon as is. You need to create a new Firefox extension using JPM, and within the add-on script, use require

HTH