Re: Seeing which page Safari is currently browsing

FROM : Sam Stigler
DATE : Fri Apr 06 07:40:47 2007

Thanks; that took care of it for me.  I can't believe I'd forgotten 
all about AppleScript!  Here's the code I used (most of it from 
Technical Note TN2084) for anyone who's looking at this in the archives:

-(IBAction)parseSafariURL:(id)sender
{
   // the following is heavily based on the sample code found in 
Technical Note TN2084, found at developer.apple.com .
   
   NSAppleScript *urlGetter = [[NSAppleScript alloc] initWithSource:
       @"\ntell application \"Safari\"\n\tget URL of document 1\nend tell
\n"];
   
   NSDictionary *errorDict;
   NSAppleEventDescriptor *returnDescriptor = NULL;
   returnDescriptor = [urlGetter executeAndReturnError:&errorDict];
   [urlGetter release];
   if ((returnDescriptor != NULL) && (kAENullEvent != [returnDescriptor 
descriptorType])) {
       // good execution, with AppleScript descriptor type returned.
       NSString *url = [returnDescriptor stringValue]; // this works as 
expected.
   }
}


Sam



On Apr 6, 2007, at 1:01 PM, Andrew Satori wrote:

> use an applescript to get the current url and return it to your 
> app.  If you need sample code, I'll post it in the morning.
>
> Andy
>
> On Apr 5, 2007, at 10:53 PM, Sam Stigler wrote:
>

>> Hi,
>>
>>     I'm trying to program something using Amazon Web Services, and I 
>> really need a user-friendly way to figure out which Amazon item 
>> the user is talking about.  It strikes me that the best way to do 
>> this is probably to have them be browsing Amazon in Safari at the 
>> same time they are in my program, and then click a button or 
>> something in my program so it can register and parse the Amazon 
>> URL that is currently being viewed in Safari.  Does anyone know of 
>> a way to do this?  I considered using WebKit to build my own 
>> special-purpose browser inside my application, but it seems like 
>> too much just to get the URL.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Sam Stigler
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