How can I get the current tab URL for chrome extension?
I know there are many similar questions on SO, but I cannot seem to get it working.
I am trying to get the URL of the current tab from my Chrome extension. Hoewever, the alert(tab.url) returns "Undefined". I have added the "tabs" to my permissions in the manifest.json. Any ideas?
<html>
<head>
<script>
chrome.tabs.getSelected(null, function(tab) {
tab = tab.id;
tabUrl = tab.url;
alert(tab.url);
});
</script>
</head>
Answer
Just an FYI for people from Google:
The method OP uses is deprecated. To get the tab the user is viewing and only in the window they are viewing use this:
chrome.tabs.query({active: true, currentWindow: true}, function(tabs) {
// since only one tab should be active and in the current window at once
// the return variable should only have one entry
var activeTab = tabs[0];
var activeTabId = activeTab.id; // or do whatever you need
});