WebExtension API for Telemetry

Use the browser.telemetry API to send telemetry data to the Mozilla Telemetry service. Restricted to Mozilla privileged webextensions.

Types

ScalarType

Type of scalar: ‘count’ for numeric values, ‘string’ for string values, ‘boolean’ for boolean values. Maps to nsITelemetry.SCALAR_TYPE_*.

ScalarData

Represents registration data for a Telemetry scalar.

Properties:

  • kind - See ScalarType.

  • keyed - (optional, boolean) True if this is a keyed scalar. Defaults to false.

  • record_on_release - (optional, boolean) True if this data should be recorded on release. Defaults to false.

  • expired - (optional, boolean) True if this scalar entry is expired. Operations on an expired scalar don’t error (operations on an undefined scalar do), but the operations are no-ops. No data will be recorded. Defaults to false.

EventData

Represents registration data for a Telemetry event.

Properties:

  • methods - (array) List of methods for this event entry.

  • objects - (array) List of objects for this event entry.

  • extra_keys - (array) List of allowed extra keys for this event entry.

  • record_on_release - (optional, boolean) True if this data should be recorded on release. Defaults to false.

  • expired - (optional, boolean) True if this event entry is expired. Recording an expired event doesn’t error (operations on undefined events do). No data will be recorded. Defaults to false.

Functions

submitPing

browser.telemetry.submitPing(type, message, options);

Submits a custom ping to the Telemetry backend. See Submitting custom pings.

  • type - (string) The type of the ping.

  • message - (object) The data payload for the ping.

  • options - (optional, object) Options object.

    • addClientId - (optional, boolean) True if the ping should contain the client id and profile group id. Defaults to false.

    • addEnvironment - (optional, boolean) True if the ping should contain the environment data. Defaults to false.

    • overrideEnvironment - (optional, object) Set to override the environment data. Default: not set.

    • usePingSender - (optional, boolean) If true, send the ping using the PingSender. Defaults to false.

canUpload

browser.telemetry.canUpload();

Checks if Telemetry upload is enabled.

scalarAdd

browser.telemetry.scalarAdd(name, value);

Adds the value to the given scalar.

  • name - (string) The scalar name.

  • value - (integer) The numeric value to add to the scalar. Only unsigned integers supported.

scalarSet

browser.telemetry.scalarSet(name, value);

Sets the named scalar to the given value. Throws if the value type doesn’t match the scalar type.

  • name - (string) The scalar name.

  • value - (string|boolean|integer|object) The value to set the scalar to.

scalarSetMaximum

browser.telemetry.scalarSetMaximum(name, value);

Sets the scalar to the maximum of the current and the passed value

  • name - (string) The scalar name.

  • value - (integer) The numeric value to set the scalar to. Only unsigned integers supported.

recordEvent

As of Firefox 132, this method is a no-op. See Bug 1894533.

Instead, use Glean APIs to record events.

registerScalars

browser.telemetry.registerScalars(category, data);

Register new scalars to record them from addons. See registerScalars() for more details.

  • category - (string) The unique category the scalars are registered in.

  • data - (object) An object that contains registration data for multiple scalars. Each property name is the scalar name, and the corresponding property value is an object of ScalarData type.

registerEvents

As of Firefox 132, this method is a no-op. See Bug 1894533.

Instead, use Glean event definitions for your extension’s events.

setEventRecordingEnabled

As of Firefox 133, this method is a no-op. Event recording is enabled by default unconditionally. See Bug 1920562.

Instead, use Glean event definitions for your extension’s events.