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Use AppleScript to export all open Safari Tabs into a BBEdit list
(*
Make a BBEdit list of all open Safari tabs
Adapted by John Emerson, https://backspace.com
from Jesse Squires, https://www.jessesquires.com
who adapted it from http://veritrope.com/code/safari-tab-list-to-omnifocus/
*)
global allItems
set allItems to {}
global successCount
set successCount to 0
tell application "BBEdit"
make new text window
end tell -- application "BBEdit"
my processSafariTabsInFrontmostWindow()
my exportAllItemsToBBEdit(allItems)
my postResultsToNotificationCenter(successCount)
log "Complete!"
(*
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Functions
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*)
on processSafariTabsInFrontmostWindow()
tell application "Safari"
set currentTab to 0
set safariWindow to the front window
set tabCount to (count of (tabs of safariWindow))
log "Processing " & tabCount & " Safari tabs..."
try
repeat with eachTab in (tabs of safariWindow)
set currentTab to currentTab + 1
set tabItem to {tabTitle:(name of eachTab), tabURL:(URL of eachTab)}
copy tabItem to the end of allItems
set successCount to (successCount + 1)
end repeat
end try
end tell
end processSafariTabsInFrontmostWindow
on exportAllItemsToBBEdit(allItems)
repeat with eachItem in allItems
createBBEditInboxItem(tabTitle of eachItem, tabURL of eachItem)
end repeat
end exportAllItemsToBBEdit
on createBBEditInboxItem(tabTitle, tabURL)
tell front document of application "Script Editor"
log "Creating inbox item for tab: " & tabTitle
end tell
tell application "BBEdit"
tell text window 1
select insertion point after (last character)
set selection to (((tabTitle as string) & " " & tabURL as string) & "
")
end tell
end tell
end createBBEditInboxItem
on postResultsToNotificationCenter(successCount as number)
log "Posting notification..."
set notifTitle to "Send Safari Tabs to BBEdit Inbox"
set notifMessage to ""
if successCount is less than or equal to 0 then
set notifMessage to "No Tabs Exported!"
else
set notifMessage to "Successfully exported " & successCount & " tabs"
end if
display notification notifMessage with title notifTitle
end postResultsToNotificationCenter
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