Extenson is unable to connect with Desktop APP

[GamerClassN7]

Hi, just saw in latest update there is new super useful native browser integration. unfortunately for me it is not working :(

Integration wersion 0.3.6

KeeWeb version v1.18.6

Thank you for any help you can provide.

Best Regards JonatanRek

[antelle]

Hi! What is your browser and OS?

[GamerClassN7]

Thank you for Quick Reaction :)

Browser:

• Google Chrome v0.3.6 OS is Windows:
• Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise - 10.0.19043 N/A Build 19043

[antelle]

What is Chrome v0.3.6?

[GamerClassN7]

Sorry v0.3.6 vas version of extension. so Google Chrome is version 91.0.4472.77 (Oficiální sestavení) (64bitový)

[antelle]

I see. Let's check the background page of the extension. You can see it in chrome://extensions, click "inspect" there.

[GamerClassN7]

Can you send any screenshot so i can see what you mean ? i cans see inspect anywhere :(

[GamerClassN7]

Or did you mean that HTML page with setting ?

[antelle]

No, not the options page. This page: https://i.stack.imgur.com/MSVxw.png (google "how to open extension background page")

[GamerClassN7]

i dont hawe anything like this, there :(

[GamerClassN7]

BTW i am not he Clever Person but also not a Dummes one :) i try to google it but i was not able to access the site :)

[antelle]

If you click "details" in KeeWeb connect "card" on this page, there will be an option inside.

[GamerClassN7]

For anyone who will be strandet like me 1) Go to: "chrome://extensions" 2) Click enable "Dev Mode" 3) now you will see desired link in each extension box @antelle it would be nice to add it to readme or somewhere :)

Anyway Result:

[antelle]

Thanks! Didn't know that it was not visible not in dev mode.

[GamerClassN7]

Updated the post :)

[antelle]

Interesting, it looks like the native messaging host crashes or prints some error. Let's try launching it manually. It should be located next to KeeWeb.exe. You can launch it like this:

keeweb-native-messaging-host.exe keeweb-connect@keeweb.info

It's not expected to print anything, but KeeWeb should show something about a new connection in its devtools. KeeWeb devtools can be opened from Settings / General / Advanced (in the bottom).

[GamerClassN7]

Nothing in app

[antelle]

I think it's because of PowerShell, it doesn't like @ in arguments. Let's try it like this, maybe this will help (I don't have Windows right now to try):

keeweb-native-messaging-host.exe "keeweb-connect@keeweb.info"

[GamerClassN7]

[antelle]

I see, that's the issue. The native host cannot connect to KeeWeb and it just quits. I don't understand why this happens though, it's the first time I see that it quits without printing any error. I can check where we're missing logging and rebuild it. Is this x64 or 32-bit Windows?

[GamerClassN7]

x64

[GamerClassN7]

What is starting the host Extension or Desktop app ?

[antelle]

It's the extension who starts it: there's a mechanism in Chrome and other browsers that allows to start a so-called native host, an application registered for this extension.

[antelle]

What happens if you close KeeWeb and launch the native host in the same way? I just tried doing it from PowerShell on Windows like you did, and it seems to work.

[GamerClassN7]

Nothing same

[antelle]

Let's make sure we can see the error if it exists. What happens if you start it without "keeweb-connect@keeweb.info"? It's expected to print:

Expected origin

[GamerClassN7]

Nothink output is nothing

[antelle]

Ok, so we just don't see the output in case of errors. Let's try launching it from cmd, maybe it will help?

[GamerClassN7]

i het this error

[antelle]

This explains everything, thanks. It's Visual C++ Runtime DLL that is missing. I'll check why.

[GamerClassN7]

I downloaded and installed https://support.microsoft.com/cs-cz/topic/posledn%C3%AD-podporovan%C3%A1-verze-aplikace-visual-c-ke-sta%C5%BEen%C3%AD-2647da03-1eea-4433-9aff-95f26a218cc0 now it is working like charm :) Thank You for showing me the correct troubleshooting path :)

[GamerClassN7]

Jus a one more question why i am getting so much entries if path is fitting only for one ?

[HOST]/dev-tools-v4/public/login

Shouldn't it be filtered by URL ?

[antelle]

Right, downloading it manually should also work (but it's not supposed to be like that, I'll fix this).

Filtering works like this:

1. it tries to find a best match using url and path
2. if there's only one match, it will be entered directly
3. if there are multiple matches, it shows a window where it filters by domain including subdomains

[antelle]

Fixed it, next version of KeeWeb will work without additional components. Thanks for the debugging!

[GamerClassN7]

• ere's only one match, it will be entered directly
• if there are multiple matches, it shows a window where it filters by domain including subdomains

Nice but would be possible to incorporate some sort of feature for URL ?

like for example we have in our company 1 dev server with one Domain name (no subdomains) with multiple applications is separet folders: [HOST]/app1 [HOST]/app2

an i have like 50 Logins for one specific URL eve that database have only one entry for app 1

so if i can suggest to use some Regexp like option for filtering so for example Entry for URL [HOST]/app1/login will be only matched by records with URL passing this Regexp [HOST]/app1/*

and not all for same host [HOST] like it is working now it would be really nice feature I think not only for me :)

I hope it is understandable what i am describing :D

[antelle]

Yes I understand what you mean, and I also understand the need for it, thank you for describing it! It was also reported previously here: https://github.com/keeweb/keeweb/issues/1693, eventually KeeWeb will support it.

[GamerClassN7]

Hi, just reinstalled computer and error still ocure, it would be nice in main page that package up is requires, it took mi like 30minutes before i find correct one