erjoalgo/chromeurl

a chrome extension to expose the current url to local processes

Python

Chrome Url Extension

Installation

$ pip3 install chromeurl
$ chromeurl --install-manifest all

Development

Obtain the chrome native component (python package). Options:
- from the source tree
```
$ cd native
$ python setup.py install --user
        
```
Install the extension. Options:
- automatically from the web store
```
$ chromeurl --install-manifest extension
        
```
- manually from the chrome web store
- manually from local source tree (for development)
  - navigate to chrome://extensions/
  - Load Unpacked the extension directory rooted at ./chrome
  - note the extension `ID` as UNPACKED_EXTENSION_ID
Install native host manifest (make chrome aware of the native host). Options:
- if extension came from the webstore
```
$ chromeurl --install-manifest native
        
```
- if unpacked locally and loaded from source (for development):
```
$ chromeurl --install-manifest native --extension-id <UNPACKED_EXTENSION_ID>
        
```

Get current url

While chrome is running, make an HTTP request to get the current url

$ curl http://127.0.0.1:19615/tabs/current/url
https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/activeTab

Debugging

start chromium from a terminal to see native host debug messages
navigate to the extension background from page (chrome://extensions) to see background page log messages

Security

Any local process may read the user’s current url