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56 changes: 55 additions & 1 deletion background.js
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Expand Up @@ -25,8 +25,15 @@ chrome.action.onClicked.addListener(() => {
});

chrome.commands.onCommand.addListener((command) => {
console.log("Command received:", command); // Add this line
if (command === "toggle-search") {
toggleSearch();
} else if (command === "search-page-content") {
console.log("Extracting page content..."); // Add this line
extractPageContent((content) => {
console.log("Content extracted:", content.substring(0, 50) + "..."); // Add this line
performSearch(content);
});
}
});

Expand All @@ -53,4 +60,51 @@ function performSearch(query) {
chrome.tabs.update({ url: url });
}
});
}
}

function extractPageContent(callback) {
chrome.tabs.query({ active: true, currentWindow: true }, function (tabs) {
if (tabs.length > 0) {
chrome.scripting.executeScript({
target: { tabId: tabs[0].id },
function: () => {
// Get the page title
const pageTitle = document.title;

// Remove script and style elements
const elementsToRemove = document.querySelectorAll('script, style, nav, header, footer');
elementsToRemove.forEach(el => el.remove());

// Get the main content
const mainContent = document.querySelector('main') || document.body;

// Extract and process the text
let text = mainContent.innerText;

// Remove extra whitespace and newlines
text = text.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim();

// Limit the length (e.g., to 1000 characters)
const maxLength = 1000;
if (text.length > maxLength) {
text = text.substring(0, maxLength) + '...';
}

// Combine title, content, and URL
return { title: pageTitle, content: text, url: window.location.href };
}
}, (result) => {
if (chrome.runtime.lastError) {
console.error(chrome.runtime.lastError);
callback('');
} else {
const { title, content, url } = result[0].result;
const formattedContent = `${title}\n\n${content}\n\n${url}`;
callback(formattedContent);
}
});
} else {
callback('');
}
});
}
12 changes: 10 additions & 2 deletions manifest.json
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Expand Up @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
"description": "Quickly search Perplexity with a keyboard shortcut or context menu",
"permissions": [
"activeTab",
"scripting",
"storage",
"contextMenus"
],
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -33,11 +34,18 @@
"suggested_key": {
"default": "Alt+Q"
},
"description": "Toggle Perplexity search input"
"description": "Toggle search"
},
"search-page-content": {
"suggested_key": {
"default": "Alt+W",
"mac": "Alt+W"
},
"description": "Search page content"
}
},
"options_ui": {
"page": "settings.html",
"open_in_tab": true
}
}
}