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For my school project, I need to extract Video URL from Youtube from a Chrome extension. It means I should play a video on Youtube and I need the URL of that video displayed in my chrome extension body.
How should I get this video URL using Javascript?










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  • See the documentation and examples for chrome.tabs.onUpdated.

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  • @wOxxOm Managed to do with this. chrome.tabs.getSelected(null,function(tab) { let tablink = tab.url; });

    – Suvin Nimnaka Sukka
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For my school project, I need to extract Video URL from Youtube from a Chrome extension. It means I should play a video on Youtube and I need the URL of that video displayed in my chrome extension body.
How should I get this video URL using Javascript?










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  • See the documentation and examples for chrome.tabs.onUpdated.

    – wOxxOm
    Nov 24 '18 at 7:46











  • @wOxxOm Managed to do with this. chrome.tabs.getSelected(null,function(tab) { let tablink = tab.url; });

    – Suvin Nimnaka Sukka
    Nov 24 '18 at 13:19
















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For my school project, I need to extract Video URL from Youtube from a Chrome extension. It means I should play a video on Youtube and I need the URL of that video displayed in my chrome extension body.
How should I get this video URL using Javascript?










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For my school project, I need to extract Video URL from Youtube from a Chrome extension. It means I should play a video on Youtube and I need the URL of that video displayed in my chrome extension body.
How should I get this video URL using Javascript?







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  • See the documentation and examples for chrome.tabs.onUpdated.

    – wOxxOm
    Nov 24 '18 at 7:46











  • @wOxxOm Managed to do with this. chrome.tabs.getSelected(null,function(tab) { let tablink = tab.url; });

    – Suvin Nimnaka Sukka
    Nov 24 '18 at 13:19





















  • See the documentation and examples for chrome.tabs.onUpdated.

    – wOxxOm
    Nov 24 '18 at 7:46











  • @wOxxOm Managed to do with this. chrome.tabs.getSelected(null,function(tab) { let tablink = tab.url; });

    – Suvin Nimnaka Sukka
    Nov 24 '18 at 13:19



















See the documentation and examples for chrome.tabs.onUpdated.

– wOxxOm
Nov 24 '18 at 7:46





See the documentation and examples for chrome.tabs.onUpdated.

– wOxxOm
Nov 24 '18 at 7:46













@wOxxOm Managed to do with this. chrome.tabs.getSelected(null,function(tab) { let tablink = tab.url; });

– Suvin Nimnaka Sukka
Nov 24 '18 at 13:19







@wOxxOm Managed to do with this. chrome.tabs.getSelected(null,function(tab) { let tablink = tab.url; });

– Suvin Nimnaka Sukka
Nov 24 '18 at 13:19














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    – Suvin Nimnaka Sukka
    Nov 24 '18 at 4:39



















  • Didnt work! It only gives the url of extensions manager :(

    – Suvin Nimnaka Sukka
    Nov 24 '18 at 4:39

















Didnt work! It only gives the url of extensions manager :(

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Nov 24 '18 at 4:39





Didnt work! It only gives the url of extensions manager :(

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Nov 24 '18 at 4:39




















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