<h2 id='manifest'>Manifest</h2>

<p> You must declare the 'downloads' permission in the <a
href='manifest.html'>extension manifest</a> to use this API.</p>

<pre>{
  'name': 'My extension',
  ...
<b>  'permissions': ['downloads']</b>,
  ...
}</pre>

<h2 id='examples'>Examples</h2>

<p>You can find simple examples of using the downloads module in the <a
href='http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/chrome/common/extensions/docs/examples/api/downloads/'>examples/api/downloads</a>
directory. For other examples and for help in viewing the source code, see <a
href='samples.html'>Samples</a>.</p>