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    <p>Since the newer versions of Safari (I'm running version 5.2) seem to have removed the "Activity" viewer from the "Window" menu, I would like to write an extension to have this feature back. However, in order to do that I think that I will need to be able to see what URLs are being requested in that window/tab. For Chrome, there is a <a href="http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/trunk/webRequest.html" rel="noreferrer">"webRequest" API</a> that does this, but I can't seem to find what I'm looking for to do this in Safari. Would someone please tell me if this is possible, and if so, where should I look next? Thanks in advance. </p> <p>So far, the most I've been able to get is using an injected start script like the one below: </p> <pre><code>function trackRequests() { console.log(event.timeStamp + ": " + event.type, event.url, event); } document.addEventListener("beforeload", trackRequests, true); </code></pre> <p>However, this does not provide enough for the features I'll need for this. For example, if a URL is specified without a protocol e.g. "//example.com/file.txt" that is all this handlers sees; it doesn't know what actual protocol was used or if the request was allowed.</p> <p>It appears that <a href="https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4138462?start=0&amp;tstart=0" rel="noreferrer">some people on the Apple discussion forums</a>, <a href="http://macdailynews.com/2012/08/10/the-top-10-most-missed-features-apple-removed-from-os-x-mountain-lion/" rel="noreferrer">MacDailyNews</a>, and <a href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/08/the-10-features-removed-from-mountain-lion-that-we-miss-the-most/" rel="noreferrer">ArsTechnica</a> have expressed a desire to have this feature back in Safari as well. <a href="http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1411248" rel="noreferrer">Here's a link to another discussion on MacRumors.com</a> and <a href="http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=15330042#post15330042" rel="noreferrer">another</a>.</p>
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