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<p><strong>registerImageCheckerProvider</strong>(<code>imageCheckerProvider</code>, <code>metadata?</code>): <a href="/api/classes/Disposable"><code>Disposable</code></a></p>
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<p>Defined in: <a href="https://github.com/podman-desktop/podman-desktop/blob/6962f1fc799b640685ff7486a7d0b2ee54ed862f/packages/extension-api/src/extension-api.d.ts#L4889" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">packages/extension-api/src/extension-api.d.ts:4889</a></p>
<p>Register the extension as an Image Checker.</p>
<p>As an image checker, a provider needs to implement a specific interface, so the core
application can call the provider with specific tasks when necessary.</p>
<h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="parameters">Parameters<a href="#parameters" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Parameters" title="Direct link to Parameters"></a></h2>
<h3 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="imagecheckerprovider">imageCheckerProvider<a href="#imagecheckerprovider" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to imageCheckerProvider" title="Direct link to imageCheckerProvider"></a></h3>
<p><a href="/api/interfaces/ImageCheckerProvider"><code>ImageCheckerProvider</code></a></p>
<p>an object implementing the <code>ImageCheckerProvider</code> interface</p>
<h3 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="metadata">metadata?<a href="#metadata" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to metadata?" title="Direct link to metadata?"></a></h3>
<p><a href="/api/interfaces/ImageCheckerProviderMetadata"><code>ImageCheckerProviderMetadata</code></a></p>
<p>optional metadata attached to this provider</p>
<h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="returns">Returns<a href="#returns" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Returns" title="Direct link to Returns"></a></h2>
<p><a href="/api/classes/Disposable"><code>Disposable</code></a></p>
<p>A disposable that unregisters this provider when being disposed</p></div></article><nav class="docusaurus-mt-lg pagination-nav" aria-label="Docs pages"><a class="pagination-nav__link pagination-nav__link--prev" href="/api/@podman-desktop/namespaces/imageChecker"><div class="pagination-nav__sublabel">Previous</div><div class="pagination-nav__label">imageChecker</div></a><a class="pagination-nav__link pagination-nav__link--next" href="/api/@podman-desktop/namespaces/kubernetes"><div class="pagination-nav__sublabel">Next</div><div class="pagination-nav__label">kubernetes</div></a></nav></div></div><div class="col col--3"><div class="tableOfContents_XG6w thin-scrollbar theme-doc-toc-desktop"><ul class="table-of-contents table-of-contents__left-border"><li><a href="#parameters" class="table-of-contents__link toc-highlight">Parameters</a><ul><li><a href="#imagecheckerprovider" class="table-of-contents__link toc-highlight">imageCheckerProvider</a></li><li><a href="#metadata" class="table-of-contents__link toc-highlight">metadata?</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="#returns" class="table-of-contents__link toc-highlight">Returns</a></li></ul></div></div></div></div></main></div></div></div><footer class="theme-layout-footer footer"><div class="container container-fluid"><div class="row footer__links"><div class="theme-layout-footer-column col footer__col"><div class="footer__title">Documentation</div><ul class="footer__items clean-list"><li class="footer__item"><a class="footer__link-item" href="/docs/installation">Installing Podman Desktop</a></li><li class="footer__item"><a class="footer__link-item" href="/docs/migrating-from-docker">Migrating from Docker</a></li><li class="footer__item"><a class="footer__link-item" href="/docs/kubernetes">Working with Kubernetes</a></li><li class="footer__item"><a class="footer__link-item" href="/docs/troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</a></li></ul></div><div class="theme-layout-footer-column col footer__col"><div class="footer__title">Links</div><ul class="footer__items clean-list"><li class="footer__item"><a href="https://github.com/podman-desktop/podman-desktop" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="footer__link-item">GitHub<svg width="13.5" height="13.5" aria-hidden="true" class="iconExternalLink_nPrP"><use href="#theme-svg-external-link"></use></svg></a></li><li class="footer__item"><a href="https://discord.com/invite/x5GzFF6QH4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="footer__link-item">Chat (bridged): #podman-desktop on Discord<svg width="13.5" height="13.5" aria-hidden="true" class="iconExternalLink_nPrP"><use href="#theme-svg-external-link"></use></svg></a></li><li class="footer__item"><a href="https://github.com/podman-desktop/podman-desktop#communication" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="footer__link-item">Other ways to Communicate<svg width="13.5" height="13.5" aria-hidden="true" class="iconExternalLink_nPrP"><use href="#theme-svg-external-link"></use></svg></a></li><li class="footer__item"><a href="https://github.com/orgs/podman-desktop/projects/4/views/3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="footer__link-item">Current Sprint<svg width="13.5" height="13.5" aria-hidden="true" class="iconExternalLink_nPrP"><use href="#theme-svg-external-link"></use></svg></a></li></ul></div></div><div class="footer__bottom text--center"><div class="footer__copyright">
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