Extensions.getAddons.recommended.url

Background

Firefox 3’s Add-ons dialog integrates with addons.mozilla.org to allow users to search and install extensions and themes. The functionality is available in the “Get Add-ons” pane. This preference determines the URL to use when fetching the initial list of recommended add-ons to be displayed.

Possible values and their effects

The URL to use when fetching the list of recommended add-ons in the “Get Add-ons” pane of the Add-ons dialog. Default value is https://services.addons.mozilla.org/%LOCALE%/%APP%/api/%API_VERSION%/list/featured/all/10/%OS%/%VERSION%, where %LOCALE%, %APP%, %API_VERSION%, %OS%, and %VERSION% are replaced with the value of general.useragent.locale, “firefox”, the addons.mozilla.org API version, the user’s OS, and the browser version, respectively.

First checked in

2008-01-28 by Dave Townsend

Has an effect in

• Firefox (nightly builds since 2008-01-28)

Related bugs

• Bug 404024 - Add AMO integration pane
• Bug 417606 - See all search results always number 10

Related preferences

• extensions.getAddons.browseAddons
• extensions.getAddons.maxResults
• extensions.getAddons.recommended.browseURL
• extensions.getAddons.repository
• extensions.getAddons.search.browseURL
• extensions.getAddons.search.url
• extensions.getAddons.showPane

External links

• Adding on add-ons (Madhava Enros’s blog)