firefox addon sdk: get page load time

Question

When using this Firefox Addon SDK example:

var tabs = require("sdk/tabs");
tabs.open({
  url: "http://www.example.com",
  onReady: runScript
});

function runScript(tab) {
  tab.attach({
    contentScript: "document.body.style.border = '5px solid red';"
  });
  console.log(tab.title);
}

How can I get the page load time and print it to the console?

(like the app.telemetry Addon does - http://www.apptelemetry.com/de/page-speed-monitor.html)

matagus matagus · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-16T00:53:49

Just use Navigation Timing API:

window.onload = function(){
  setTimeout(function(){
    var t = performance.timing;
    console.log(t.loadEventEnd - t.responseEnd);
  }, 0);
}

Notice that it's a Javascript API so it must run inside a Content Script (ie, it won't work inside your lib/main.js or index.js file).

firefox addon sdk: get page load time

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