There have been many articles and conversations about the question of how to get the URL of a Google search in Safari 6. Some solutions include using the Terminal to get the URL, using AppleScript, using bookmarklets, and using Automator. I created a Safari Extension to make this process easier.
Get URL: Easily get the URL of your current tab.
With my Get URL Safari Extension, simply click the toolbar button for a popup that contains the URL of the current page. The URL is already selected, making it simple to copy.
Download the Get URL Safari Extension
(.safariextz, 46 kb)
Update: I’ve received notice from Apple that the extension will be available in the Safari Extensions Gallery. Look for it there soon!
24 replies on “Get URL for Searches in Safari 6”
Installed it, enabled it, quit and relaunched Safari 6, but no button appears in the toolbar or in the Customize Toolbar window.
Strange. Thanks for the heads up – I’ll check it out.
Sorry for the issue – please try again; it should work.
Very nice. Thanks!!! Now I will pay you to return the feature that lets you, in Contacts, copy the URL of the current Safari page and insert it into a Contacts file!!
Hi there. Just like your other commenter stated, this extension does not stay loaded after you quit and restart Safari. Will here be a fix?
What operating system are you running (Lion or Mountain Lion)?
What version of Safari are you using?
Mountain Lion 10.8.1 and Safari 6.0
Actually, I just discovered that this DOES work well under another user, so I must have a corrupt preferences file. The problem seems to be on my end.
Ah, great – thanks for the update!
Zack, I can’t seem to find the GetURL Safari extension on the Safari extensions gallery. Do you have the link? Many thanks.
It’s not in there yet. You need to install from this site.
Thanks, works just fine!
why an extension if simply highlighting by double clicking the URL does exactly the same? Thanks.
Because double-clicking the URL does not select the URL in say, a Google image search.
Because, now, in the future, even that doesn’t work anymore. “Thank you”, Apple.
How annoying. This plugin is a godsend!
This could be very useful if it automatically copied the text to the clipboard. As it is, I can just double click…
This didn’t used to be the case. It used to be very hard to get the link!
Works great. Thanks.
This is perfect, thank you!
This is great; thanks! I’m a web developer and often need a quick check of the url and parameters. This gives me that exactly. Even in the old days, to see the entire URL you might have to use the insertion point and scroll to the end. Not any more!
Can;’t find this extension in the Safari Extensions Gallery, and it looks like your download link above (http://katzwebservices.com/development/geturl/geturl.safariextz) has been hacked, doesn’t appear particularly malicious but goes into an endless redirect to http://www.xxx-hacker.com. Might want to fix that and check the rest of your site.
Thanks for the heads-up! I’ve fixed the issue.
Thank you for creating this! It works perfectly and is EXACTLY what I needed!
No longer allowed in Safari 12