How to get a iOS share extension to get web page content from Safari instead of URL

Question

I have a working share extension written in swift. When I test a share operation from Safari, I always only get the URL type (kUTTypeURL).

What I want is to get some form of rendered version of what the user is looking at (PDF or HTML?). Using the URL and opening it in a webview is not workable due to authentication issues, etc.

I've tried many different activation rules with no change. Here is the current one I am using:

            <key>NSExtensionActivationRule</key>
        <dict>
            <key>NSExtensionActivationSupportsFileWithMaxCount</key>
            <integer>1</integer>
            <key>NSExtensionActivationSupportsImageWithMaxCount</key>
            <integer>20</integer>
            <key>NSExtensionActivationSupportsMovieWithMaxCount</key>
            <integer>0</integer>
            <key>NSExtensionActivationSupportsText</key>
            <true/>
            <key>NSExtensionActivationSupportsWebPageWithMaxCount</key>
            <integer>1</integer>
            <key>NSExtensionActivationSupportsWebURLWithMaxCount</key>
            <integer>1</integer>
        </dict>

My controller looks like this - when run from Safari, it always only has one attachment type - the URL:

   override func didSelectPost() {


    if let item = extensionContext?.inputItems.first as? NSExtensionItem {
        if let attachments = item.attachments {
            for attachment: NSItemProvider in attachments {
                if attachment.hasItemConformingToTypeIdentifier(kUTTypePropertyList as String) {
                    attachment.loadItem(forTypeIdentifier: kUTTypePropertyList as String, options: nil, completionHandler: { (data, error) in
                        // Do stuff with this content now
                        self.extensionContext?.completeRequest(returningItems: [], completionHandler:nil)
                    })
                }
                if attachment.hasItemConformingToTypeIdentifier(kUTTypeURL as String) {
                    attachment.loadItem(forTypeIdentifier: kUTTypeURL as String, options: nil, completionHandler: { (url, error) in
                        if let shareURL = url as? NSURL {
                            // Do stuff with your URL now.
                        }
                        self.extensionContext?.completeRequest(returningItems: [], completionHandler:nil)
                    })
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Other approaches I've seen use a javascript file to walk the DOM but have seen no good examples and I'm not clear on if this would help me in any case.

Answer 1

The key is in using this line in your info.plist file:

    <key>NSExtensionAttributes</key>
    <dict>
        <key>NSExtensionJavaScriptPreprocessingFile</key>
        <string>Action</string>
        <key>NSExtensionActivationRule</key>
        ...your should be fine...
    </dict>

At NSExtensionJavaScriptPreprocessingFile you specify the name of the .js file that contains javascript file that must contain a global object named ExtensionPreprocessingJS . You should then search for the items conforming to kUTTypePropertyList in your code (and it seems that you do already that looking at your code).

This is a short list of what you should do, ask if you need something more and it is easy to find more data on the internet if you start from this too.