How does my app get access to the current window's URL if it is a browser?

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Assume I have screen recording and accessibility permissions for my native macOS application!

I am trying to create a tool that allows people to go back in time to previous websites they have been on!

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Answer 1

Your best option here, at least for Safari, is Apple events. For example, this AppleScript returns the URL of the active tab:

tell application "Safari"
    URL of tab 1 of window 1
end tell

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