How to get the currently opened url in rust

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Dear Rust-Community,

this is my first post in this forum.

Now I try to code my own password manager.

After I use a hot key, he shall read the url, which I have currently opened in my web browser (firefox).

But I don't find a library to get the url for rust.

Do you know any library in Rust which I can employ?

If not, is there another library in python or any other languages?

Or do you know any other solutions for that?

Thank you for any help.

sincerely,

JutyKill

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You will have to write a Firefox extension for that, and probably some form of IPC to enable the extension to communicate with the app.

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Ok, now that I have some time to write a more useful response, here are some resources to get you started:

  • Start with the tutorial: Your first extension
  • The JavaScript in your add-on will have access to the DOM, and global document and window objects, so getting the page URL is just document.location.href
  • You can also use "background scripts" instead of "content scripts", which are more powerful.
  • The easiest way to do IPC between an extension/add-on and a native app is probably running an HTTP server in the app and making requests within the extension. The extension may need special permissions to send requests to localhost.
  • A better way to do IPC is using native messaging
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