How to get current browser URL using AutoHotKey script?

Question

I am looking for a way in AutoHotkey to place the current URL in a variable.

The purpose of this AHK is to track what I did during the day to better record hours. I have another system that I use to keep track of my work, but sometimes I forget to use it when I get lateral tracking.

loop { ; Get current Window ID & Name WinGet, active_id, ID, A WinGet, process_name, ProcessName, A ; Only do anything if any other windows was activated if(active_id = PrevActiveId) { ; Do nothing } else { ; Format the time-stamp. current=%A_DD%/%A_MM%/%A_YYYY%, %A_Hour%:%A_Min% ; Write this data to the log.txt file. fileappend, %current% - %process_name%`n, log.txt ; Get the URL if process_name = "chrome.exe" if(process_name = "chrome.exe") { ; Put URL in log file ; fileappend, %current% - %current_url%`n, log.txt } } PrevActiveId = %active_id% Sleep, 100 } 

Answer 1

For Chrome, get the text of the Chrome_OmniboxView1 control, which is omnibox (as for the current version of Chrome, 21.0.1180.83).

This code places the contents of the omnibox in the omniboxContents variable:

 ControlGetText omniboxContents, Chrome_OmniboxView1, Chrome 

Note that omniboxContents does not necessarily contain the correct URL because "http: //" is not taken into account if the URL starts with "http: //". Therefore, instead of "http://www.google.com" you will get "www.google.com", which, strictly speaking, is not a valid URL. This is simply because Chrome displays the address in this way in Omnibox. You will have additional code added to get the correct URL from the omnibox content.

Answer 2

All the browsers I used support Alt + D to focus and select the URL. Here are my AHK scripts that duplicate the current tab in Google Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer by pressing Ctrl + Shift + D ..

 #IfWinActive ahk_class MozillaUIWindowClass ; Mozilla Firefox 3.x ^+d::GenericDuplicateTab() ; (Control+Shift+D) #IfWinActive #IfWinActive ahk_class MozillaWindowClass ; Firefox 4, 5, 6, 7, 8+ (?) ^+d::GenericDuplicateTab() ; (Control+Shift+D) #IfWinActive #IfWinActive ahk_class Chrome_WidgetWin_1 ; Chromium and Chrome 19+ ^+d::GenericDuplicateTab() ; (Control+Shift+D) #IfWinActive #IfWinActive ahk_class Chrome_WidgetWin_1 ; Chrome 18 and less ^+d::GenericDuplicateTab() ; (Control+Shift+D) #IfWinActive #IfWinActive ahk_class IEFrame ^+d::InternetExplorerDuplicateTab() ; (Control+Shift+D) #IfWinActive GenericDuplicateTab() { ; Wait for both Control and Shift to be released. KeyWait Control KeyWait Shift BackupClipbrd := Clipboard Sleep 50 Send !d ; Select the url textbox Sleep 150 Send ^x ; Copy the url ClipWait 0.1 If ERRORLEVEL { Clipboard := BackupClipbrd Return } Send ^t ; Open a new tab Sleep 50 Send ^v ; Paste the url into the new tab url textbox Sleep 50 Send {Enter} Clipboard := BackupClipbrd } InternetExplorerDuplicateTab() { ; Wait for both Control and Shift to be released. KeyWait Control KeyWait Shift Send ^k ; Call IE shortcut to duplicate tab (Control+K) Sleep 100 Send ^{TAB} ; Switch to that tab } 

Answer 3

Or you can use F6 .

Most browsers fall into the address bar and select the entire URL for you when they press F6 .

Then it's just a copy-paste question.

For newer versions of Firefox its Ctrl + L though.

To do this, you can check the window title.

Answer 4

A clean way to do this:

  GroupAdd, WebBrowsers, ahk_class MozillaWindowClass GroupAdd, WebBrowsers, ahk_class IEFrame GroupAdd, WebBrowsers, ahk_class Chrome_WidgetWin_0 GroupAdd, WebBrowsers, ahk_class Chrome_WidgetWin_1 GroupAdd, WebBrowsers, ahk_class OperaWindowClass GroupAdd, WebBrowsers, ahk_class {1C03B488-D53B-4a81-97F8-754559640193} ; etc. #IfWinActive, ahk_group WebBrowsers { ^+d:: ; [Instructions...] return }#If 

Answer 5

It is also possible to do this without relying on the clipboard, by directly monitoring the actual components that make up the browser window. Additional information: http://www.autohotkey.com/board/topic/111114-get-the-url-of-the-current-active-browser-tab/ . This method is much more efficient, but uses OS APIs.

Answer 6

Use the WinGetTitle function, as most browsers set the current URL in the header.

 loop { ; Get current Window ID & Name WinGet, active_id, ID, A WinGet, process_name, ProcessName, A WinGetTitle, this_title, ahk_id %active_id% ; Format the time-stamp. current=%A_DD%/%A_MM%/%A_YYYY%, %A_Hour%:%A_Min% ; Only do anything if any other windows was activated if(active_id = PrevActiveId) { if process_name contains chrome.exe,firefox.exe,iexplore.exe,flock.exe,k-meleon.exe,javaw.exe { ; Write titles to the log.txt file. fileappend, %current% - %process_name% - %this_title%`n, log.txt } } else { ; Write titles to the log.txt file. fileappend, %current% - %process_name% - %this_title%`n, log.txt } Sleep, 1000 PrevActiveId = %active_id% } 

Answer 7

You can use the Alt + D shortcut to activate the address bar and then copy the URL using the Ctrl + C shortcut

 F1:: { Send, !d Sleep 50 Send, ^c Sleep 50 Return }