Possibility for external programs to lockdown (API?)

[dylanmorroll]

I'm not sure on the ins and outs of web development and what Firefox supports, so I'm unsure if this is possible, but it would be nice if external programs could trigger LeechBlock to enter/exit lockdown mode.

For example, I use a simple timer for GNOME that switches between a work mode and a break mode. It would be cool if I could wire it up, so when in work mode it would activate a lockdown, and when it break mode it would deactivate it.

I'm not sure how this would work. Perhaps it could expose an API which could be called from programs outside Firefox? But I'm not sure if Firefox allows this.

I'm interested to hear your thought and insights.

[Mirr0red]

A quick search led me to this page: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Native_messaging, which is probably what you are looking for, but it would require an app running in the background.
I'm not experienced with WebExtensions or anything like that, but I can't seem to think of any other way this could be done.