alarms.onAlarm
Fired when any alarm set by the extension goes off.
Syntax
js
browser.alarms.onAlarm.addListener(listener)
browser.alarms.onAlarm.removeListener(listener)
browser.alarms.onAlarm.hasListener(listener)
Events have three functions:
- addListener(listener)
- 
    Adds a listener to this event. 
- removeListener(listener)
- 
    Stop listening to this event. The listenerargument is the listener to remove.
- hasListener(listener)
- 
    Check whether listeneris registered for this event. Returnstrueif it is listening,falseotherwise.
addListener syntax
Parameters
- listener
- 
    The function called when this event occurs. The function is passed this argument: - alarm
- 
        alarms.Alarm. The alarm that fired. UseAlarm.nameto figure out which alarm fired.
 
Examples
Handle an alarm going off:
js
function handleAlarm(alarmInfo) {
  console.log(`on alarm: ${alarmInfo.name}`);
}
browser.alarms.onAlarm.addListener(handleAlarm);
Example extensions
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.alarms API.