history.getVisits()
Retrieves information about all visits to the given URL.
This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise
.
Syntax
var getting = browser.history.getVisits(
details // object
)
Parameters
Return value
A Promise
will be fulfilled with an array of
objects each representing a visit to the given URL. Visits are sorted in reverse chronological order.history.VisitItem
Browser compatibility
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getVisits | ChromeFull supportYes | EdgeFull support79 | FirefoxFull support50 | OperaFull supportYes | SafariNo supportNo | Firefox for AndroidNo supportNo |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
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Examples
List all visits to the most recently-visited page:
function gotVisits(visits) {
console.log("Visit count: " + visits.length);
for (visit of visits) {
console.log(visit.visitTime);
}
}
function listVisits(historyItems) {
if (historyItems.length) {
console.log("URL " + historyItems[0].url);
var gettingVisits = browser.history.getVisits({
url: historyItems[0].url
});
gettingVisits.then(gotVisits);
}
}
var searching = browser.history.search({
text: "",
startTime: 0,
maxResults: 1
});
searching.then(listVisits);
Acknowledgements
This API is based on Chromium's chrome.history
API. This documentation is derived from history.json
in the Chromium code.
Microsoft Edge compatibility data is supplied by Microsoft Corporation and is included here under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.