Error with uploading my google chrome extension

Question

Hey guys i have planned to upload my google chrome.

According to the documentation i have made the whole file in a zip format with the manifest.json in the root directory.

But when i select the file and uploaded it to the web store it shows me error like

An error occurred: Failed to process your item. Invalid package. Please make sure it is a valid zip file and the file manifest.json is at the root directory of the zip package.

Can anyone tell me why am getting like this ??..

Any help would be appreciated ..Thanx in advance

Answer 1

I have the same problem, it's because of the Mac default compressor. You can use below commands to zip the built folder,

cd dist/ # where the extension stored
zip -r dist.zip *

Answer 2

I was having this issue today. My issue seems to stem from the new MacOS update. First I tried to compress using Mac's built in zipper, which kept giving me the error on Chrome Webstore that I was missing the manifest.json file.

I then zipped it online, which I was able to easily upload to the Chrome Web Store.