Description
Inspired by the script that exports a list of your current Google Chrome Tabs to Evernote, reader Francesco Di Lorenzo made a modification that saved the list to a Text file instead. I thought that this was a great idea, so I made a few tweaks and thought I'd publish my version here (as well as one that saves Safari Tabs to a Text File). This AppleScript (and the Alfred extension) creates a text file with a list of the URLs of each open tab in the frontmost window of Chrome. A dialog box allows you to pick the file name and save location (the default is set as the Desktop) but, if enough people express an interest, I can add a way for you to paste in your own file path for a faster workflow.Alfred 1 Users
You Can Now Download an Extension of This Script Here.The Code
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Export All Chrome Tabs to a Text File
VERSION 1.0
September 8, 2012
// INSPIRED BY:
Francesco Di Lorenzo (@frankdilo)
// UPDATE NOTICES
** Follow @Veritrope on Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, and ADN for Update Notices! **
// SUPPORT VERITROPE!
If this AppleScript was useful to you, please take a second to show your love here:
http://veritrope.com/support
// SCRIPT INFORMATION AND UPDATE PAGE
http://veritrope.com/code/export-all-chrome-tabs-to-a-text-file
// REQUIREMENTS
More details on the script information page.
// CHANGELOG
1.0 INITIAL RELEASE
// TERMS OF USE:
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 444 Castro Street, Suite 900, Mountain View, California, 94041, USA.
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// USER SWITCHES (YOU CAN CHANGE THESE!)
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-- NAME OF REPORT TITLE
property report_Title : "URL List from Chrome Tabs"
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// MAIN PROGRAM
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-- PREPARE THE LIST
set url_list to {}
set the date_stamp to ((the current date) as string)
set NoteTitle to report_Title & " | " & the date_stamp
-- GET TABS FROM CHROME
tell application "Google Chrome"
activate
set chromeWindow to window 1
repeat with w in chromeWindow
try
repeat with t in (tabs of w)
set TabTitle to (title of t)
set TabURL to (URL of t)
set TabInfo to ("" & TabTitle & return & TabURL & return & return)
copy TabInfo to the end of url_list
end repeat
end try
end repeat
end tell
-- CONVERT URL_LIST TO TEXT
set old_delim to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to return
set url_list to (NoteTitle & return & return & return & url_list) as text
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to old_delim
-- CHOOSE FILE NAME FOR EXPORT
-- (WRAPPING IN A FINDER FUNCTION SO THE DIALOG WORKS IN ALFRED, KM, ETC.)
tell application "Finder"
activate
set save_File to choose file name with prompt "Name this file:" default name report_Title & ¬
".txt" default location (path to desktop folder)
end tell
--WRITE THE FILE
tell application "System Events"
set save_File to open for access save_File with write permission
try
write url_list to save_File
end try
close access save_File
end tell
◸ Veritrope.com
Export All Chrome Tabs to a Text File
VERSION 1.0
September 8, 2012
// INSPIRED BY:
Francesco Di Lorenzo (@frankdilo)
// UPDATE NOTICES
** Follow @Veritrope on Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, and ADN for Update Notices! **
// SUPPORT VERITROPE!
If this AppleScript was useful to you, please take a second to show your love here:
http://veritrope.com/support
// SCRIPT INFORMATION AND UPDATE PAGE
http://veritrope.com/code/export-all-chrome-tabs-to-a-text-file
// REQUIREMENTS
More details on the script information page.
// CHANGELOG
1.0 INITIAL RELEASE
// TERMS OF USE:
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 444 Castro Street, Suite 900, Mountain View, California, 94041, USA.
*)
(*
======================================
// USER SWITCHES (YOU CAN CHANGE THESE!)
======================================
*)
-- NAME OF REPORT TITLE
property report_Title : "URL List from Chrome Tabs"
(*
======================================
// MAIN PROGRAM
======================================
*)
-- PREPARE THE LIST
set url_list to {}
set the date_stamp to ((the current date) as string)
set NoteTitle to report_Title & " | " & the date_stamp
-- GET TABS FROM CHROME
tell application "Google Chrome"
activate
set chromeWindow to window 1
repeat with w in chromeWindow
try
repeat with t in (tabs of w)
set TabTitle to (title of t)
set TabURL to (URL of t)
set TabInfo to ("" & TabTitle & return & TabURL & return & return)
copy TabInfo to the end of url_list
end repeat
end try
end repeat
end tell
-- CONVERT URL_LIST TO TEXT
set old_delim to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to return
set url_list to (NoteTitle & return & return & return & url_list) as text
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to old_delim
-- CHOOSE FILE NAME FOR EXPORT
-- (WRAPPING IN A FINDER FUNCTION SO THE DIALOG WORKS IN ALFRED, KM, ETC.)
tell application "Finder"
activate
set save_File to choose file name with prompt "Name this file:" default name report_Title & ¬
".txt" default location (path to desktop folder)
end tell
--WRITE THE FILE
tell application "System Events"
set save_File to open for access save_File with write permission
try
write url_list to save_File
end try
close access save_File
end tell