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Asked: 2026-06-18T08:10:05+00:00

I am making an extension for Google Chrome which uses the Downloads API. I

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I am making an extension for Google Chrome which uses the Downloads API.
I want to download a .jpg file from a website.

I have used these permissions in the manifest:

"permissions": ["downloads", "*://www.thatsite.com/*"]

and the command i am using is:

chrome.downloads.download({"url":"https://www.thatsite.com/images/image1.jpg"});

This gives the following error

“Error during downloads.download: Invalid URL.”

Any ideas how to solve this??

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  1. Editorial Team

    I tried with following code, and it is working as expected. I hope you are not on Stable Channel.

    Put your complete code, the problem is entirely with URL.

    You can refer following code as a reference

    Reference

    manifest.json

    Registered browser action and permissions with manifest file.

    {
    "name": "Download Demo",
    "description": "http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14560465/chrome-downloads-download-gives-error-during-downloads-download-invalid-url",
    "manifest_version": 2,
    "version": "1",
    "browser_action": {
        "default_popup": "popup.html"
    },
    "permissions": [
        "downloads",
        "*://www.google.co.in/*"
    ]
}

    popup.html

    Added <script> file to comply with CSP.

    <html>

    <head>
        <script src="popup.js"></script>
    </head>

    <body>
        <button id="download">Download</button>
    </body>

</html>

    popup.js

    Simply passed URL to download API.

    document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function () {
    document.getElementById("download").addEventListener("click", function () {
        chrome.downloads.download({
            "url": "http://www.google.co.in/images/srpr/logo3w.png"
        }, function () {
            console.log("downloaded");
        });
    });
});
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