Question

I am creating a Google Chrome extension where it would grab the link of any website and send it off to localStorage. I know how to grab a link from the onmibox. But, in the case of Google Maps, the “real” link is never shown. So far, I have not found anything that could help me.

How would I be able to accomplish this? I don’t have much experience in Javascript, but any help would be appreciated. If you need a better explanation, please ask. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

At Google Maps, the link to the actual page is available in an <a id="link"> element.

In a Content script, getting the target of the link is pretty straightforward:

var link = document.getElementById('link').href;