background.js

chrome.alarms.onAlarm.addListener(function () {
	
	chrome.storage.local.get(function(result){
		var lastMsgId = result.lastMsgId;
		var accessToken = result.newAccessToken;
		if( lastMsgId != null && accessToken != null) {
		jQuery.ajax({
    		type :"GET",
    		url : 'https://www.yammer.com/api/v1/messages/received.json?newer_than='+lastMsgId+'&access_token='+accessToken,
        	data:{
          		"limit":5
        	},
    		dataType: 'json',
    		xhrFields: {
    			withCredentials: false
    		},
    		success : function(data) {
            	if(data.messages.length != 0) {
					// set the notifier icon
					/*chrome.browserAction.setIcon({
            				path: newMessageNotifierImgPath
        			});*/
                    var badgeText = data.messages.length.toString();;
                    chrome.browserAction.setBadgeText({text: badgeText});
            	}
            	else {
            		//console.log("empty messages");
            	}
          	
    		},
    		error : function(){
    			//alert("background js error");
    		}
  	  });
	}
	});
	
});