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I know a lot of keyloggers and kids monitoring agents out there. My question is how do I simply get to hold the list of urls the user browsed using that particular browser by means of programming? I am not interested in using any kind of keylogger or any other monitoring tools. Thanx a lot.
Florescent Ticker
Posted 2014-06-10T05:01:43.273
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Programmatic methods will vary between browsers and operating systems but browsing history is often stored in an SQLite database.
For example, Chrome on Windows 7 stores its history in:
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\History
You can programmatically access this History file using the SQLite API or interactively using an SQLite manager such as SQLite Expert.
It is wise to open it read-only or otherwise make sure Chrome is closed before accessing it.
The visits table is a good place to start.
Mike Fitzpatrick
Posted 2014-06-10T05:01:43.273
Reputation: 15 062
+1 for SQLite part. One more question sir, do you mean I have to timely monitor this location? – Florescent Ticker – 2014-06-10T05:40:26.807
1I've only used Chrome's History database to analyse aged data, not in real time. You haven't specified your exact needs but if you want real-time or close to real-time monitoring then you would need to access the database frequently. That is, if Chrome updates it immediately - I haven't checked. Other browsers may handle things differently. I'm not aware of a single cross-browser, cross-platform solution. – Mike Fitzpatrick – 2014-06-10T05:47:49.850
What have you tried already? what programming language are you looking to use? are you looking to write a browser extension or an auditing app? – Fazer87 – 2014-06-10T06:07:19.293
I think I will be using jms to produce and consume messages from the history location. – Florescent Ticker – 2014-06-10T06:08:59.050