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Get the current URL of the selected Chrome tab. Useful for Chrome/Chromium extensions.
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currentChromeTab.js
/*
* Get the current URL of the selected Chrome tab. Call to getCurrent
* By Javier Santos
* https://gist.github.com/javiersantos/c3e9ae2adba72e898f99
*/
var currentURL;
chrome.tabs.query({'active': true, 'windowId': chrome.windows.WINDOW_ID_CURRENT},
function(tabs){
getCurrentURL(tabs[0].url);
});
function getCurrentURL(tab){
currentURL = tab;
}
@abhayram04
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Its not working. This is not for the background.js right?

@httpshhnik
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It works just sometime. For example it does not work for zendesk.

@mvolos
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mvolos commented Apr 1, 2021

chrome.tabs.getCurrent(tab => tab.url)

https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/tabs/#method-getCurrent
https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/tabs/#type-Tab

@pguardiario
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Add "tabs" permission to the manifest

@JTorresConsulta
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Does not work in v3

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