accessing history in a firefox addon

Question

I\'m working on a firefox addon, using the addon builder. I want to periodically scan the browser\'s history.. the entire history. I\'m looking for functionality like chrome\'s

Answer 1

You'll need to access the xpcom service nsIBrowserHistory, here's some example code that works with the SDK:

https://builder.addons.mozilla.org/package/157396/latest/

The places api is a bit verbose, there are extensive examples available on MDN:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Querying_Places

There is also a module developed by Mozilla community members available here that provides some abstractions:

https://github.com/autonome/Jetpack-Modules/blob/master/places.js

I'm not sure if theabove module has been tested against recent versions of Firefox and the SDK.