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Chrome Extension: run JavaScript in the context of the current page

posted in JavaScript on 2013-06-14   script code document content run current page tab id code executescript tab id tabs executescript tab

I'm currently working on a Google Chrome extension and I need to run a JavaScript in the context of the current page. The obvious choice for such a logic is the content script. However it is not so easy, because the content script has an access only to the DOM of the current page. It can't run global functions or use global objects.

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