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# OpenLink Structured Data Sniffer
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## Intro
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The OpenLink Structured Data Sniffer (OSDS) is a plugin for the Chrome and Opera browsers that
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detects and shows structured data embedded in web pages in either of the following formats:
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The OpenLink Structured Data Sniffer (OSDS) is a plugin for the Chrome, Opera and select versions of
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the Firefox browser, that detects and shows structured data embedded in web pages in either of the
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following formats:
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- **JSON-LD**
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- **Microdata**
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- Open the Opera browser
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- In address bar type in **opera:extensions**
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- Click the **Developer Mode** button
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- Press the **Developer Mode** button
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- Choose the option **Load unpacked extension...**
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- Navigate to the folder containing the extracted source
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- Press the **Select** button
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### Install the extension in Firefox
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At this time Mozilla is deprecating their *XCOM*, *XUL* etc. API in favor of using the WebExtension
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API which is scheduled to be releases in FireFox versions around Q2 2016. For now this extension
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will only work with **Firefox Developer Edition** or **Firefox Nightly** and not with the regular
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FireFox version 42.0 or below.
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Download the [Firefox OSDS .zip](https://github.com/openlink/structured-data-sniffer/releases/download/v2.3.0/OSDS_FF.zip)
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file and extract the .xpi file.
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To install this extension manually, use the following steps:
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- Open the **Firefox Developer Edition** browser
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- In address bar type: **about:config**
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- Press the **I'll be careful, i promise** button
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- Search for **xpinstall.signatures.required**
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- Double click that line so the value is set to **false**
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- In address bar type: **about:addons**
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- Click on the Gear icon and select **Install Add-On from file...** from the menu
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- Navigate to the directory where you extracted the OSDS_FF.xpi file, select this file and press the
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**Open** button
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- Press the **install** button
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### Examples
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Navigate to a page containing structured data such as:

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