CODE EXAMPLE FOR JAVASCRIPT

chrome extension sendmessage await until getdata

/**
 * Promise wrapper for chrome.tabs.sendMessage
 * @param tabId
 * @param item
 * @returns {Promise<any>}
 */
function sendMessagePromise(tabId, item) {
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
        chrome.tabs.sendMessage(tabId, {item}, response => {
            if(response.complete) {
                resolve();
            } else {
                reject('Something wrong');
            }
        });
    });
}