Merge pull request #9918 from alexstrat/add-extensions-loading-api

Introduce Chrome extensions management APIs independent of Dev Tools Extensions

docs/api/browser-window.md

@@ -582,6 +582,34 @@ Returns `BrowserWindow` - The window that owns the given `webContents`.
 
 Returns `BrowserWindow` - The window with the given `id`.
 
+#### `BrowserWindow.addExtension(path)`
+
+* `path` String
+
+Adds Chrome extension located at `path`, and returns extension's name.
+
+The method will also not return if the extension's manifest is missing or incomplete.
+
+**Note:** This API cannot be called before the `ready` event of the `app` module
+is emitted.
+
+#### `BrowserWindow.removeExtension(name)`
+
+* `name` String
+
+Remove a Chrome extension by name.
+
+**Note:** This API cannot be called before the `ready` event of the `app` module
+is emitted.
+
+#### `BrowserWindow.getExtensions()`
+
+Returns `Object` - The keys are the extension names and each value is
+an Object containing `name` and `version` properties.
+
+**Note:** This API cannot be called before the `ready` event of the `app` module
+is emitted.
+
 #### `BrowserWindow.addDevToolsExtension(path)`
 
 * `path` String