https://github.com/dotmpe/google-chrome-htdocs

Client for server.
https://github.com/dotmpe/google-chrome-htdocs

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Client for server.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/dotmpe/google-chrome-htdocs
• Owner: dotmpe
• Created: 2014-05-16T22:32:37.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-11-17T13:22:03.000Z (about 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-12T04:28:06.757Z (about 1 month ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 969 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: ReadMe.md

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## ReadMe

Opens up Google Chrome for (shell) scripting, use with discretion. Enables a

user or system script with access to a FIFO to request tab and page info.

### Intro

Installs a popup to display metadata (and actions) for the displayed page.

A background process listens at one FIFO and responds on another using a

'stdio'-type message service.

### Install

- Add PWD as "unpacked" extension in "developer mode" 

- Copy messaging hosts to `~/.config/google-chrome/NativeMessagingHosts/.json`.

## Dsgn

- Request with single line JSON at $TMP/htdocs-chrome.fifo

- Read responses as single line JSON at $TMP/htdocs-chrome-out.fifo

TODO:

Page

  - get-title

  - get-selection

Background

  - get-url - return bookmark and tab info for URL

  - get-urls - list open URLs only

  - get-pages - list titles and locations and link data for open tabs, see

    get-page for details.

  - get-page - list noteworthy resource details for url (if opened)

  - get-bookmark - retrieve bookmarks info

  - get-bookmarks - list bookmarks

  - set-clipboard

  - get-clipboard

## Status quo & objectives

- TamperMonkey/MeddleMonkey extends content-scripts (with javascript) for all or some URLs.

- Shellac can be setup to do almost anything (using shell scripts) using URLs as well.

Neither has an obvious and quick access for a shell script, and I do not want to

click somewhere on the browser everytime I need some data in a script. What I

want is to send a request and get a response on a stdio (in a shell). And

probably to trigger certain messages to a shell script or command as well. With

that done, it might as well be nice to popup with a representation of the

metadata and actions for the page. And then to make all those parts user-

configurable to some extend. There is some overlap with the two existing

extensions.