如何获取Node.js中的活动标签url？

Question

I am looking for a solution to get the url from the active tab of the browser (Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari etc) for a cross platform desktop app made in Electron js.

I found a solution for mac to get the active tab url's of "Chrome" and "Safari" using "applescript" but still could not find a way for "Firefox".

Is there any smart way to get the url of the active tab of the browser in Mac, Windows and Linux using Node.js?

Answer 1

For firefox in linux you will find the file -> ~/.mozilla/firefox/iq8hatig.default/sessionstore-backups/recovery.jsonlz4

To parse this file in nodejs you can use https://www.npmjs.com/package/bookmark-parser

    BMParser.readFromJSONLZ4File("~/.mozilla/firefox/iq8hatig.default/sessionstore-backups/recovery.jsonlz4")
        .then(result => { 
          console.log(result.windows)
       }).catch(err => {
         res.send(err);
       });

last entry in this file is the active tab.

Answer 2

Here is the code you can find browser URL

let url = window.location.href