Web
Browser (Legacy) - Get URL
Declaration
<AMBROWSER ACTIVITY="get_url" SESSION="text" RESULTVARIABLE="text" />
Description
Retrieves the session's active URL and populates a variable with the result.
NOTE: Automation can be performed on Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers
only. Firefox automation requires a separate extension which can
be downloaded from here.
The browser you specify must be installed on the target system
to ensure that these activities function properly. Unlike other
session-based actions in which sessions are optional, the use
of a session in the Web Browser (Legacy) action is required due to the
fact that each created session explicitly links to a specific
web browser instance. A session can be created using the Web Browser (Legacy) Create
session or Open
activity. Numerous sessions are supported within a single task,
however, since Web Browser (Legacy) actions are performed interactively
(and not in the background), each session must run concurrently
to avoid sending interactions
to the wrong browser window.
Practical usage
Used to retrieve a URL from an active session.
Parameters
Browser
| Property | Type | Required | Default | Markup | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Session name | Text | Yes | BrowserLegacySession1 | SESSION="mySession" | The name of an existing session to attach this activity to. Numerous sessions can exist within a single task allowing several web browser operations to be performed simultaneously on separate browser windows. |
| Place session's active URL in variable | Text | Yes | (Empty) | RESULTVARIABLE="theURL" | Retrieves and stores the session's active URL. |
Example
NOTE:
- Copy and paste the sample AML code below directly into the Task Builder Steps Panel.
- To successfully run the sample code, update parameters containing user credentials, files, file paths, or other information specific to the task to match your environment.
Description
A simple task that populates a session's active URL into a variable, which is then displayed in a message box. Thereafter, the task closes the web browser, ending the session.
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<AMVARIABLE NAME="theURL" />
<AMBROWSER URL="http://www.google.com/" SESSION="mySession" />
<AMBROWSER ACTIVITY="get_url" SESSION="mySession" RESULTVARIABLE="theURL" />
<AMSHOWDIALOG WINDOWTITLE="The Active Session's current URL">URL = %theURL%</AMSHOWDIALOG>
<AMBROWSER ACTIVITY="close" SESSION="mySession" />