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history.getVisits()

Retrieves information about all visits to the given URL.

This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise.

Syntax

var getting = browser.history.getVisits(
  details                // object
)

Parameters

details

object.

url: string. The URL for which to retrieve visit information.

Return value

A Promise will be fulfilled with an array of history.VisitItem objects each representing a visit to the given URL. Visits are sorted in reverse chronological order.

Browser compatibility

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	WebView Android	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet
`getVisits`	Yes	79	50	?	Yes	No	?	?	No	?	?	?

Examples

List all visits to the most recently-visited page:

function gotVisits(visits) {
  console.log("Visit count: " + visits.length);
  for (visit of visits) {
    console.log(visit.visitTime);
  }
}

function listVisits(historyItems) {
  if (historyItems.length) {
    console.log("URL " + historyItems[0].url);
    var gettingVisits = browser.history.getVisits({
      url: historyItems[0].url
    });
    gettingVisits.then(gotVisits);
  }
}

var searching = browser.history.search({
  text: "",
  startTime: 0,
  maxResults: 1
});

searching.then(listVisits);

Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.history API. This documentation is derived from history.json in the Chromium code.

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/history/getVisits