content script not being injected into extension html page - json

I have an extension that gets JSON data from a site for a list of characters and their resources when chosen from a menu. I'm using a single html page and trying to update it with javscript to modify the code for the menu. The only thing is that I can't get the content script injected/loaded into the html page.
When my extension is run, the path for the rem.htm file is shown as 'moz-extension://a02e52b1-e41d-4d28-844b-a8466a1dd67b/rem.htm' which gives an invalid error for the 'matches' key in the console.
What else can I use?
manifest.json:
{
"description": "Resource Manager for Path of Exile",
"manifest_version": 2,
"name": "Path of Exile Resource Manager",
"version": "1.0",
"content_scripts":
[
{
"matches": ["file:///rem.htm"],
"js": ["modify-page.js"]
}
],
"background":
{
"scripts": ["background.js"]
},
"browser_action":
{
"default_icon":
{
"16": "icons/rem_16.png",
"32": "icons/rem_32.png",
"64": "icons/rem_64.png"
}
},
"permissions":
[
"*://www.pathofexile.com/",
"webRequest",
"tabs",
"activeTab"
]
}

I figured it out. I didn't realize I had modify-page in a separate directory. I was then able to add '' to matches and it finally worked!

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I'm having an issue with my google chrome extension, new to code so be basic please

I'm trying to make a google chrome extension, but I'm having a problem. Please answer as basic as possible as I'm really bad at code. Whenever I upload something as a zip file, it says
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I have a page in block.html in extension directory. I want match content script with the page name.
Check my manifest file below, there is content_script match:
{
"manifest_version": 2,
"name": "Cobra Security ATD",
"version": "1.0",
"description": "Cobra Security Advance Threat Defence.",
"icons": {
"48": "img/48-48.png",
"128": "img/128-128.png"
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Since it's an extension that you control, you don't need to inject scripts for anything!
If you want to put code in it, you.. put code in it, in a <script
src="..."> fashion.
If you want to inform the page of some event, you use Messaging.
If you want to pass some information when you open the page, you can
use this trick, sending a request back for data.

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I'm trying to build a basic extension that injects an alert script in to every page loaded. But it seems that the script is injecting only to some pages (most pages it's not injected in to), and I couldn't find a pattern in how it picks the pages to get injected to.
This is the manifest:
{
"name": "TestingTest",
"version": "0.1.1",
"description": "Testing Tests!",
"manifest_version": 2,
"content_scripts": [
{
"matches": ["http://*/", "https://*/"],
"js": ["content.js"],
"run_at": "document_end"
}
],
"background": {
"page": "background.html"
},
"permissions": [
"tabs",
"http://*/", "https://*/",
"cookies"
],
"icons": {
"16": "my_icon_64.png",
"32": "my_icon_64.png",
"48": "my_icon_64.png",
"128": "my_icon_64.png"
}
}
and this is ccontent.js:
alert("content script");
console.log("content script")
I'm getting the alert only on a select few pages. The pages that it's injected in to seem to vary if I load the extension in different Chrome profiles.
Your content script is probably loading only on pages where the pathname is just /. Add an extra * at the end of your url patterns:
"matches": ["http://*/*", "https://*/*"]

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I want to make a browserAction extension, with an icon and a listener on it.
I have a manifest file, and a background script, the script is the following:
chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(function(tab) {
chrome.tabs.executeScript(null,{code:'some code here'});
});
The code works on the page, i tried it on a different way (popup and a button what fires the action). But if i try it with a browserAction onclick method, nothing happens:(
The manifest:
{
"name": "somename",
"version": "1.0",
"manifest_version": 2,
"description": "sometext",
"browser_action": {
"default_icon": "images/icon.png",
"default_title": "MyStyle"
},
"background": {
"scripts": ["js/code.js"]
},
"permissions": [
"tabs",
"https://www.examplesite.ex/*",
"http://www.examplesite.ex/*",
"http://*.ex/*"
]
}
Can anybody help me?:/
Since the original question has been solved in the comments, I'll answer the follow-up question:
"Next step to make it automatic, without any click".
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js/code.js
document.title = "newtitle";
manifest.json
{
"name": "somename",
"version": "1.0",
"manifest_version": 2,
"description": "sometext",
"content_scripts": {
"js": ["js/code.js"],
"matches": [ "*://www.examplesite.ex/*", "http://*.ex/*" ]
},
"permissions": [ "*://www.examplesite.ex/*", "http://*.ex/*" ]
}