I am creating a chrome extension that will open a link to an image in a new tab.
However I am coming across links that will automatically download the image instead of viewing it in the new chrome tab.
I am using the following code to do create the new tab:
chrome.tabs.create({ url: url_to_open, active: false});
Example of "unviewable" image from vsco: "im.vsco.co/aws-us-west-2/de89e8/880500/627c05d3edd24e3c58174876/vsco_051122.jpg?w=749&dpr=1"
Is there any way to not automatically download the image but view it instead?
Thanks!
You can simply create a link element that opens a new tab on click.
let ln = document.createElement('a');
ln.href = 'url here';
ln.setAtrribute('target', '_blank');
ln.click();