downloads.DangerType

The DangerType type of the downloads API defines a set of possible reasons that a downloadable file might be considered dangerous.

A downloads.DownloadItem's danger property will contain a string taken from the values defined in this type.

Note: These string constants will never change, however the set of DangerTypes may change.

Type

Values of this type are strings. Possible values are:

file: The download's filename is suspicious.
url: The download's URL is known to be malicious.
content: The downloaded file is known to be malicious.
uncommon: The download's URL is not commonly downloaded.
host: The download came from a host known to distribute malicious binaries.
unwanted: The download is potentially unwanted or unsafe.
safe: The download presents no known danger to the user's computer.
accepted: The user has accepted the dangerous download.

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Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.downloads API.