tabs.get()
Given a tab ID, get the tab's details as a tabs.Tab
object.
This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise
.
Syntax
var getting = browser.tabs.get(
tabId // integer
)
Parameters
Return value
A Promise
that will be fulfilled with a tabs.Tab
object containing information about the tab. If the tab could not be found or some other error occurs, the promise will be rejected with an error message.
Examples
Get information about a tab when it is activated:
async function logListener(info) {
try {
let tabInfo = await browser.tabs.get(info.tabId);
console.log(tabInfo);
} catch (error) {
console.error(error);
}
}
browser.tabs.onActivated.addListener(logListener);
Example extensions
Browser compatibility
Report problems with this compatibility data on GitHubwebextensions-desktop | webextensions-mobile | |||||
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get | ChromeFull supportYes | EdgeFull support14 | FirefoxFull support45 | OperaFull supportYes | SafariFull support14 | Firefox for AndroidFull support54 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Acknowledgements
This API is based on Chromium's chrome.tabs
API. This documentation is derived from tabs.json
in the Chromium code.