Get the URL of the frontmost tab from Chrome on OS X?

Question

Is there a way to do this to Chrome?

tell application \"Google Chrome\"
 return URL of front document as string
end tell

... doesn\'t work.

Answer 1

There is a simpler way to retrieve the URL.

'tell application "Google Chrome" to return URL of active tab of front window'

Tested and works like a charm.

Answer 2

Now that Chrome (7+) supports AppleScript, you can do this:

tell application "Google Chrome"
    get URL of active tab of first window
end tell

Note: "first window" refers to the frontmost window.

Answer 3

No Applescript support: Issue 27468 - chromium - Applescript support for testing and scripting - Project Hosting on Google Code

Answer 4

I think you can get the frontmost tab with this script:

tell application "Google Chrome"
    set frontIndex to active tab index of front window
    get URL of tab frontIndex of front window
end tell

Hope I got this right. Try it out.

Answer 5

Since there is no applescript support the only way it can be done is through GUI scripting, I'm not sure how familiar you are with applescript but gui scripting is a bad practice to get into. so take this code with caution. it is also important that you have access for assistive devices ENABLED in your Universal Access preferences.

  tell application "Google Chrome"
    activate
    tell application "System Events"
        tell application process "Google Chrome"
            get value of text field 1 of tool bar 1 of window 1
        end tell
    end tell
  end tell