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Web Browser Tokens
Keyboard Maestro can provide a wealth of information from compatible web browsers.
It does this by communicating with the browsers via AppleScript, so only browsers that support a compatible AppleScript can be used, which is currently restricted to browsers that support the Safari or Chrome AppleScripts, which includes Safari, Chrome, Brave, Vivaldi, Edge and their developmental versions.
The tokens come in three forms, for example %SafariTitle%, %ChromeTitle%, %FrontBrowserTitle%. They will access the front (or most recently front) Safari-like, Chrome-like, or either web browser respectively.
Keyboard Maestro and Keyboard Maestro Engine must have Automation security permission to control the browser, and for most of the tokens, the browser must have Allow JavaScript From Apple Events enabled.
The information is gotten from the specified web browser’s front window, or front window’s tab. You can retrieve includes:
| Token Suffix | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Title | The document title |
| WindowName (v11.0+) | The window title |
| URL | The document URL |
| ReadyState | The document readystate |
| Field | The value of a specified field |
| JavaScript | The result of the specified JavaScript |
| Name (v11.0+) | The name of the specified browser |
| BundleID (v11.0+) | The Bundle ID of the specified browser |
| Path (v11.0+) | The path of the specified browser |
| Version (v11.0+) | The version of the specified browser |
| LongVersion (v11.0+) | The long version of the specified browser |
Field
The %FrontBrowserField%document.forms[0][0]% token (and Safari and Chrome variants) returns the value of a field in the active tab of the specified browser.
The parameter can be an XPath or a JavaScript expression denoting a specific form field.
JavaScript
The %FrontBrowserJavaScript%document.forms[0].innerHTML% token (and Safari and Chrome variants) returns the result of executing the specified JavaScript in the active tab of the specified browser.
The execution time is limited (v11.0+) to half a second, so for longer or more complex JavaScript code, use the Execute JavaScript in Front Browser action instead.
The front browser will be the most recently front Safari-like or Chrome-like web browser.
Examples
1. Get All Text on Web Page
%FrontBrowserJavaScript%document.body.innerText%
2. Get Full Page HTML
%FrontBrowserJavaScript%document.getElementsByTagName("html")[0].outerHTML%
3. Get Text Identified by HTML tag and class
%FrontBrowserJavaScript%document.querySelector('div.someclassname').innerText%
Full List
The full list of web browser tokens is:
- SafariTitle
- SafariWindowName
- SafariURL
- SafariReadyState
- SafariField
- SafariJavaScript
- SafariName
- SafariBundleID
- SafariPath
- SafariVersion
- SafariLongVersion
- ChromeTitle
- ChromeWindowName
- ChromeURL
- ChromeReadyState
- ChromeField
- ChromeJavaScript
- ChromeName
- ChromeBundleID
- ChromePath
- ChromeVersion
- ChromeLongVersion
- FrontBrowserTitle
- FrontBrowserWindowName
- FrontBrowserURL
- FrontBrowserReadyState
- FrontBrowserField
- FrontBrowserJavaScript
- FrontBrowserName
- FrontBrowserBundleID
- FrontBrowserPath
- FrontBrowserVersion
- FrontBrowserLongVersion
See Also
Tokens
- %Application% token
- %WindowName% token
Actions
