title: Application:List Active NSExtensions
description: Returns information about the active NSExtensions for a particular user.
payload:
  requesttype: ActiveNSExtensions
  supportedOS:
    macOS:
      introduced: '10.13'
      accessrights: QueryInstalledApps
      devicechannel: false
      userchannel: true
      requiresdep: false
      userenrollment:
        mode: forbidden
  content: |-
    Returns information about the active NSExtensions for a particular user.
    NSExtensions are installed and enabled at the user level. There is no concept of "device" NSExtensions.
    Requires "Query Installed Apps" right; supported on user channel only.
payloadkeys:
- key: FilterExtensionPoints
  type: <array>
  presence: optional
  content: An array of extension points. If you choose to provide this value, the
    response only includes the app extensions for the extension points you specify.
  subkeys:
  - key: FilterExtensionPointsItem
    type: <string>
responsekeys:
- key: Extensions
  type: <array>
  presence: required
  content: An array of dictionaries that contains information about active extensions
    on the device.
  subkeys:
  - key: ExtensionsItem
    type: <dictionary>
    subkeys:
    - key: Identifier
      type: <string>
      presence: required
      content: The identifier of the extension.
    - key: ExtensionPoint
      type: <string>
      presence: required
      content: The NSExtensionPointIdentifier for the extension.
    - key: DisplayName
      type: <string>
      presence: required
      content: The extension's display name.
    - key: ContainerDisplayName
      type: <string>
      presence: optional
      content: The display name of the container.
    - key: ContainerIdentifier
      type: <string>
      presence: optional
      content: The identifier of the container.
    - key: Path
      type: <string>
      presence: required
      content: The path to the extension.
    - key: Version
      type: <string>
      presence: required
      content: The version of the extension.
    - key: UserElection
      type: <string>
      presence: required
      rangelist:
      - Default
      - Use
      - Ignore
      content: The user-selected state of the extension, which a user sets in the
        Extensions preference pane in System Preferences.