''' A Python script that attempts to check that the configuration of your nativeMessaging app is set up correctly Currently requires Python 3. If you find more issues with setting this up, let's see if we can add to this script. ''' import json import os import re import winreg key_path = 'Software\\Mozilla\\NativeMessagingHosts\\ping_pong' # Assuming current user overrides local machine. key_roots = ['HKEY_CURRENT_USER', 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE'] for key_root in key_roots: try: print('Checking:', key_root, key_path) key = winreg.OpenKey(getattr(winreg, key_root), key_path) res = winreg.QueryValueEx(key, '') break except FileNotFoundError: print('... error finding key') else: raise ValueError('Could not find a registry entry, aborting.') json_path = res[0] print('Path from registry key is:', json_path) if not os.path.exists(json_path): raise ValueError('JSON file does not exist:', json_path) try: bat_data = json.load(open(json_path, 'r')) except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: raise ValueError('Parsing error. Is {} a JSON file?'.format(json_path)) bat_path = bat_data['path'] print('Path from JSON is:', bat_path) if not os.path.exists(bat_path): raise ValueError('.bat does not exist:', bat_path) py_lines = open(bat_path, 'r').readlines() py_path = None for line in py_lines: if line.startswith('call python '): py_path = line[12:].replace('\\\\', '\\').strip() if not py_path: raise ValueError('No python script in the batch file.') print('Path from batch file is:', py_path) if not os.path.exists(py_path): raise ValueError('Python file does not exist:', py_path) print('Looks good! Give it a try from Firefox.')