https://github.com/antitoxic/mac-openchrometab

Opens URL in chrome, reusing tab if present, done as an NPM package using JXA script written in TS
https://github.com/antitoxic/mac-openchrometab

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Opens URL in chrome, reusing tab if present, done as an NPM package using JXA script written in TS

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/antitoxic/mac-openchrometab
• Owner: antitoxic
• Created: 2023-07-10T18:10:21.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-09-22T07:34:33.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-09-17T22:07:27.379Z (8 days ago)
• Topics: applescript, chrome, google-chrome, jxa, macos, npm, typescript
• Language: TypeScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 13.7 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml

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README

        
# `@antitoxic/mac-openchrometab`

- `npm` package which offers a single function called `openChromeTab`

- `openChromeTab` opens a URL in `Google Chrome` (_or other Chromium

  alternative_), reusing tab if present

- if tab is not opened already, it will attempt to load the URL in a tab which

  is blank (`about:blank`) or create a new tab

- if `Google Chrome` is not running, it will start it

- if `Google Chrome` window is unfocused or minimized, it will respectively

  focus & un-minimize

To make work, this package uses a

[`JXA`](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/releasenotes/InterapplicationCommunication/RN-JavaScriptForAutomation/Articles/Introduction.html#//apple_r 'JavaScript for Automation')

script written in `TypeScript`. Even though `JXA` is outdated and unsupported

`JavaScript`, the `TypeScript` offers more familiar development environment than

the usual `AppleScript` used for automating mac.

## Usage

```ts

import { openChromeTab } from '@antitoxic/mac-openchrometab';

//...

openChromeTab('http://localhost:8080');

// or 

openChromeTab('http://localhost:8080', 'Chromium');

```

## Use cases

- During active web development, you can automatically open or reuse already

  opened tab

- Writing scripts to focus on specific tab you know the url of.