https://github.com/madhurjain/ffinterface
Firefox extension to send/receive data to/from firefox over TCP/IP
https://github.com/madhurjain/ffinterface
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Firefox extension to send/receive data to/from firefox over TCP/IP
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/madhurjain/ffinterface
- Owner: madhurjain
- Created: 2012-01-13T11:13:00.000Z (over 13 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2012-01-13T15:13:38.000Z (over 13 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-01T22:43:43.131Z (4 months ago)
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- Size: 199 KB
- Stars: 1
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README
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README
1. FFInterface.exe is a small utility created using VB .NET 2008.
2. FFInterface.xpi is the firefox extension.
3. VBdotNET_Source directory contains the Complete Source Code for FFInterface.exe utility.
4. TestPage.html is a Test Page with a Form for testing purpose.
Installation : Firefox Extension (FFInterface.xpi)
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1. Open Mozilla Firefox.
2. Click File -> Open File -> FFInterface.xpi
3. Click Install Now.
4. A browser restart is required.
5. After browser is restarted, you'll see FFInterface in the newly installed addons list.
6. Now you can click Tools -> FFInterface to change the settings for this extension.
You can change the port, you can enable/disable AutoStart and you can Start/Stop the listening.
Working
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1. After FFInterface addon is installed, open firefox, make sure the extension is running. (Tools -> FFInterface), if its "Stop FFInterface", means FFInterface is already running.
2. Open FFInterface.exe
3. Click Connect.
4. The text specified in Send Textbox is sent to firefox and the text received from firefox is displayed in Received textbox.
5. Now, open "TestPage.html" (included) in currently running firefox window.
6. In the Name textbox on TestPage, enter some text.
7. Now switch to FFInterface.exe utility, in its send textbox,enter : "gi|N1" (without quotes). Click Send.
8. In the Received textbox, you'll see the text entered in Name textbox on TestPage.
9. "gi" specifies getElementById and "gn" specifies getElementsByName. "|" is used as a delimiter. The second argument after delimiter should be ElementId or ElementName for gi and gn respectively.
Example:-
gi|N1
gn|Name1
gi|G11|Checked
gn|Gen1
10. To set a specific element on the page open inside firefox, the format is "s|"
Example:-
s|document.F.N1.value='blah'
s|document.F.G11.checked=true
s|document.F.Sub1.Click();
Here, F is the Formname, N1 is ElementId for Name Textbox, G11 is ElementId for Male Radiobutton, Sub1 is the name of the Submit button.
11. I've also added a feature to send raw string as URL. So, you can send a string say "www.google.com", to open google. Or you can send any javascript, which will get interpreted inside the browser.