I need to find out how many Chrome extensions currently exist in the Developer Tools category in the Chrome Web Store.
In its original design, the store used to show the number of extensions/apps in each category. But the new design doesn't seem to have this information anywhere… Is there any way I can find out?
Best Answer
I don't believe this is going to be an easy task. If you view the Developer Tools Catagory source code. You will notice that the store's "heavy lifting" is implemented in https://chrome.google.com/webstore/static/1367528764/wall/js/webstore.js which is a minimized javascript application that is quite extensive. One way to get the desired information would be to reverse engineer this javascript application until you discover just how google queries/loads the list. Once this is accomplished you should be able to query google and retrieve a list yourself then programmatically count the results. I hope there is a simpler solution for this otherwise good luck!