browser - How to keep a log of all urls browsed by means of programming?

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2014-07
  • Florescent Ticker

    I know a lot of keyloggers and kids monitoring agents out there. My question is how do I simply get to hold the list of urls the user browsed using that particular browser by means of programming? I am not interested in using any kind of keylogger or any other monitoring tools. Thanx a lot.

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  • Mike Fitzpatrick

    Programmatic methods will vary between browsers and operating systems but browsing history is often stored in an SQLite database.

    For example, Chrome on Windows 7 stores its history in:

    C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\History

    You can programmatically access this History file using the SQLite API or interactively using an SQLite manager such as SQLite Expert.

    It is wise to open it read-only or otherwise make sure Chrome is closed before accessing it.

    The visits table is a good place to start.


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  • Questioner

    A website URL has "hidden" some MP3 files by embedding them as Shockwave files, as follows.

    <span class="caption"><!-- Odeo player --><embed src="http://odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf"quality="high" name="audio_player_tiny_gray" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="valid_sample_rate=true external_url=http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/sundayeditionstream_20081125_9524.mp3" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></span>

    How can I download the files for off-line listening?

    I've found two methods:

    1. The Stack Overflow Method

    Create a new local HTML file with just the links, for example:

    <a href="http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/sundayeditionstream_20081125_9524.mp3" rel="nofollow">Sunday Edition 25Nov2008</a>

    Open the file in the browser, right click the link and File > Save Link As.

    2. The Super User Method

    Install the Firefox addin Iget. (Be sure to use the right version for your Firefox version.)

    Tools > Downloads > Enter URL in the field.

    Are there any other ways?


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  • Seasoned Advice (cooking)

    On Linux, use 'wget' on the command line:

    wget http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/sundayeditionstream_20081125_9524.mp3

    If you want a similar tool on Windows, you could install wget via Cygwin or use one of the GNU Win32 ports.

    On Mac OS X, there's cURL, which appears to have a Windows build.