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I would like to be able to perform the following actions from outside the browser, for example from a script

''' Obtain a list of all tabs, and which URL is open Obtain a list of all firefox windows and which tab is in each and in what order Obtain a list of firefox running instances Actions on tabs Close a tab Open a new tab and enter URL move a tab in a window's tab order move a tab to another window mute/unmute a tab make a tab hidden or unhide pin/unpin a tab select/unselect a tab discard a tab reload a tab copy tab body or a specific xpath run a javascript cmdlet, (bookmarklet ? ) Run a function of a script in somethingmonkey bookmarks list all bookmarks folder and bookmarks move a bookmark to another folder delete a bookmark create a bookmark get/change position of a firefox window close a window/ open a new window list installed addons turn an addon on or off '''

I would love to be able to write script, from outside firefox, and do these actions

I have found about the remote debugger, but I can't figure out if it's only for debugging firefox on android via adb ? Or can I use that directly from a script ?

https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/devtools-user/about_colon_debugging/index.html#connecting-over-the-network

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox_OS/Remote_Control

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/CommandLineOptions

devtools.debugger.remote-enabled -start-debugger-server ?

Is any of this possible ?

thanks !

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[–] lemmyreader@lemmy.ml 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Your question reminded me of TabFS https://omar.website/tabfs

Examples of stuff you can do!

  • List the titles of all the tabs you have open
  • Cull tabs like any other files
  • Close all Stack Overflow tabs
  • Save text of all tabs to a file
  • Evaluate JavaScript on a page / watch expressions: demo
  • Get images / scripts / other resource files from page
  • Retrieve what's playing on YouTube Music: youtube-music-tabfs
  • Reload an extension when you edit its source code
  • TODO: Live edit a running Web page
  • TODO: Import data (JSON? XLS? JS?)

Wow, I never knew I needed this. :)

There's a bunch of stuff I have wanted to do, but it's been too annoying:

  • copy URLs from a list of tabs - e.g. to send to a friend/coworker
  • close tabs with a common theme - Github, Confluence, Jira, etc
  • search across open tabs

I'm going to play with this today.

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago

That is amazing