Safari and Chrome

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Running Arbitrary JavaScript

var safari = Application('Safari')
safari.doJavaScript('alert("Hello!")', { in: safari.windows[0].currentTab })

Chrome

You must allow JavaScript from Apple Events under View > Developer > Allow JavaScript from Apple Events.

const chrome = Application('Google Chrome')
const currentTab = chrome.windows[0].activeTab()
currentTab.execute({javascript: 'alert("Hello")'})

Clear Chrome's DNS cache

ObjC.import('stdlib')
const t = Application('Google Chrome')
  .windows[0]
  .activeTab()
t.url = 'chrome://net-internals/#dns'
delay(0.5)
t.execute({
  javascript: 'document.querySelector("#dns-view-clear-cache").click()'
})
delay(0.5)
$.exit(0)

Safari: Creating a new tab in the front window

function run() {
    var appSafari = Application('Safari'),
        winFront = appSafari.windows[0],
        lstTabs = winFront.tabs,
        iTab = lstTabs.push(new appSafari.Tab())-1,
        oTab = lstTabs[iTab];
    
    return oTab;			
}

// Application("Safari").windows.at(0).tabs.at(4)

Safari: Getting the tab that contains a particular web page

var safari = Application('Safari');

/* Returns the first tab that contains a page whose URL starts with the provided URL */
function getTab(url, window) {
	var result;
	window = window || safari.windows[0];
	for (var index in window.tabs) {
		var tab = window.tabs[index];
		var tabURL = tab.url();
		if (tabURL && tabURL.startsWith(url)) {
			result = tab;
			break;
		}
	}
	return result;
}

var tab = getTab("https://www.apple.com/");

var fullURL = tab.url();

Safari: Loading a web page in a particular tab

var tab = getTab("https://www.apple.com/");
tab.url = "https://www.icloud.com/";

Safari: Activating a particular tab

var tab = getTab("https://www.apple.com/");
safari.windows[0].currentTab = tab;

Safari: Clicking menu items and changing the user agent

let app = Application.currentApplication();
app.includeStandardAdditions = true;
let se = Application('System Events');

function clickMenuItem(processName, menuName, menuItemNames, interval) {
	interval = interval || 0.5;
	
	let process = se.processes.byName(processName);
	
	let menu = process.menuBars[0].menuBarItems.byName(menuName);
	menu.click();
	delay(interval);

	let previous = menu;
	for (let menuItemName of menuItemNames) {
		let menuItem = previous.menus[0].menuItems.byName(menuItemName);
		menuItem.click();
		delay(interval);
		previous = menuItem;
	}
	
	return previous;
}

let safari = Application('Safari');

safari.activate();
delay(1.0);

clickMenuItem('Safari', 'Develop', ['User Agent', 'Safari — iOS 12.1.3 — iPad']);

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