collect_urls_from_all_tabs.README.md

collect_urls_from_all_tabs.py

Command-line + importable Python tool that grabs the URL from every open tab of a focused browser window (Chromium / Chrome / Brave / Firefox) and emits the list to stdout and the system clipboard.

Features

• Waits until a supported browser window is focused before it starts.
• Walks through tabs with Ctrl+PgDown, copying each URL (Ctrl+C).
• Stops automatically once it has seen the same URL N consecutive times (configurable – prevents infinite loops).
• Three URL processing modes
  • full   – keep URL untouched
  • cleaned – strip query/trackers (default)
  • minimalistic – per-site shortest form (e.g. youtu.be/<id>).
• Fully adjustable timing (--sleep, --item-delay).
• Verbose mode (-v, -vv) prints detailed progress/ETA.
• Puts the final list on the clipboard via xclip for instant reuse.

Example usage

# Collect cleaned URLs (default) – save to file and clipboard
./collect_urls_from_all_tabs.py > urls.txt

# Keep full URLs and be verbose
./collect_urls_from_all_tabs.py -f -v

# Ensure at least 1 s per tab on slow machines
./collect_urls_from_all_tabs.py -S 1.0

Combined workflow with other tools

# Paste bookmarks from several folders into Telegram with 12-second pauses
for folder in foo bar zoo ; do \
    bookmarks_chromium.py -f Bookmarks ls "$folder" -F urls ; \
done | paste_lines_to_window.py -v -e -S 12

Dependencies

Python 3, xdotool, xclip, xprop
Arch Linux:

sudo pacman -S xdotool xclip xorg-xprop

Future roadmap

• Handle multiple browser windows / monitors.
• Export directly to Markdown / HTML.
• Pipe result into bookmarks_chromium.py to bulk-bookmark URLs.