WebView.getUri

Returns the current active URI of @web_view. The active URI might change during a load operation:

<orderedlist> <listitem><para> When nothing has been loaded yet on @web_view the active URI is %NULL. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> When a new load operation starts the active URI is the requested URI: <itemizedlist> <listitem><para> If the load operation was started by webkit_web_view_load_uri(), the requested URI is the given one. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> If the load operation was started by webkit_web_view_load_html(), the requested URI is "about:blank". </para></listitem> <listitem><para> If the load operation was started by webkit_web_view_load_alternate_html(), the requested URI is content URI provided. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> If the load operation was started by webkit_web_view_go_back() or webkit_web_view_go_forward(), the requested URI is the original URI of the previous/next item in the #WebKitBackForwardList of @web_view. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> If the load operation was started by webkit_web_view_go_to_back_forward_list_item(), the requested URI is the opriginal URI of the given #WebKitBackForwardListItem. </para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </para></listitem> <listitem><para> If there is a server redirection during the load operation, the active URI is the redirected URI. When the signal #WebKitWebView::load-changed is emitted with %WEBKIT_LOAD_REDIRECTED event, the active URI is already updated to the redirected URI. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> When the signal #WebKitWebView::load-changed is emitted with %WEBKIT_LOAD_COMMITTED event, the active URI is the final one and it will not change unless a new load operation is started or a navigation action within the same page is performed. </para></listitem> </orderedlist>

You can monitor the active URI by connecting to the notify::uri signal of @web_view.

class WebView
string
getUri
()

Return Value

Type: string

the current active URI of @web_view or %NULL if nothing has been loaded yet.

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