🚀Chrome Extension: Enhanced URL History & Search Query Extraction

Developed a Chrome extension that provides advanced management of browsing history by extracting and displaying search queries from URLs. Enabling quick catch up to closed tabs by mistake , here is veido link of its working Drive

📋 Table of Contents

1. Project Overview
2. Features
3. Screenshots
4. Installation
5. Usage
6. APIs & Technologies Used
7. Contributing
8. License

📖 Project Overview

Chrome Extension: Enhanced URL History & Search Query Extraction is a lightweight Chrome extension that tracks user browsing history, extracts search queries from URLs, and provides a clean UI for managing this data. It stores URLs using IndexedDB for persistence and real-time updates.

🌟 Features

• Persistent URL Storage: Stores URLs in IndexedDB, allowing them to persist across sessions.
• Search Query Extraction: Extracts search queries from complex URLs to simplify browsing history.
• History Management: Easily clear the browsing history with the click of a button.
• User-Friendly Interface: Clean and interactive UI built using Bootstrap.

🖼️Screenshots

Image below showing the UI of the extension

Image below shows how it looks after clearing the history

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/webermayank/webHisExt.git

-- go to google chrom e extension settings and select sue local extension

Load the Extension in Chrome:

• Open Chrome and navigate to chrome://extensions/.
• Enable Developer Mode.
• Click on Load unpacked and select the project folder.

🎯 Usage

• Click on the extension icon in the Chrome toolbar.
• The popup will display URLs with extracted search queries, alongside their timestamps.
• Use the Clear History button to remove stored URLs.
• Perform searches and observe real-time updates in the history!

📚 APIs & Technologies Used

• Chrome Extensions API

• chrome.tabs API: Tracks tab updates and captures URL data.

• chrome.runtime API: Handles messaging between background scripts and popup.

• IndexedDB: Client-side database for persistent storage of URLs and related data.

• Bootstrap 5: Provides responsive design for the extension’s UI.

• JavaScript (ES6): Core logic including event handling, URL parsing, and storage management.

💡 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! To contribute:

• Fork the repository
• Create a new branch
• Make your changes
• Submit a pull request For significant changes, please open an issue to discuss what you'd like to change.