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=== Use Temporary Addons === | === Use Temporary Addons === | ||
If you absolutely must use an addon, there is a way to work around signing via temporary addons. Temporary addons have a few limitations: | If you absolutely must use an addon, there is a way to work around signing via temporary addons. Temporary addons have a few limitations: | ||
* They must be [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/Bootstrapped_extensions bootstrapped] | |||
* They'll get uninstalled on Firefox restart | |||
* They can't be installed via the profile (you'll need to be able to run chrome JS) | |||
If those restrictions don't bother you, you can use the `[https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/d848a5628d801a460a7244cbcdea22d328d8b310/toolkit/mozapps/extensions/AddonManager.jsm#2236AddonManager.installTemporaryAddon()]` API to install them. You'll need a way to run chrome privileged JS to install it. Alternatively, there's also a [http://marionette-client.readthedocs.org/en/latest/reference.html#addons marionette API] to install it. For example: | If those restrictions don't bother you, you can use the `[https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/d848a5628d801a460a7244cbcdea22d328d8b310/toolkit/mozapps/extensions/AddonManager.jsm#2236AddonManager.installTemporaryAddon()]` API to install them. You'll need a way to run chrome privileged JS to install it. Alternatively, there's also a [http://marionette-client.readthedocs.org/en/latest/reference.html#addons marionette API] to install it. For example: | ||