It would be great if this API is supported because my extension also makes use of the downloads API. Perhaps it is not implemented because of security concerns? (or maybe it is just low priority, I don't really know). There are plenty of use cases for the downloads API (which are non-malicious) so I hope the implementation is considered.
tenpi
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