Study: Beyond the Paywall [DECOMMISSIONED]

This repository contains the extension code for Greg Martin and Shoshana Vasserman's study to be hosted by Mozilla Rally.

What's in this repo?

/schemas
- This directory contains files that outline the data being sent to Mozilla's servers, and examples of that data.
/src
- This directory contains the source code for this extension
/tests/integration
- This directory would contain integration tests
- It's currently (as of 5/11/21) just the template scripts
manifest.json
- This file contains important permission information, as well as the location of the background script to run
package.json
- This file contains important information about dependant packages and npm scripts
web-ext-config.js
- This file contains information to run the extension locally
- The use of Firefox nightly is configured in this file

Start by cloning this repository
You might need the Firefox nightly build, which can be downloaded here
You'll also need to install node and npm locally.
In the root directory of the repo, run npm install to install all dependency packages
In the root directory of the repo, run npm run build and ensure there are no errors
Once you've built the package without errors, you can run npm run watch to start the extension. A version of Firefox with the extension should start automatically.
- In about:debugging, you should see your extension under "This Firefox"
- If you click "Inspect", you'll be guided to a debugging site for your extension
- The data should be available under Storage > Extension Storage > moz-extension://......
- If you want to dump the current data, type let data = await browser.storage.local.get() in the debugging console, and then print the data variable. You can copy the object from there
  - Note: This command must be run from the about:debugging -> Extension Console. It won't work from the normal Firefox console.

Note: These instructions are written for a MacOSX user. They'll likely be very similar for a Linux user, but not for Windows.