index.md

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title: tabs.get()
slug: Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/tabs/get
page-type: webextension-api-function
tags:
  - API
  - Add-ons
  - Extensions
  - Method
  - Non-standard
  - Reference
  - WebExtensions
  - get
  - tabs
browser-compat: webextensions.api.tabs.get

---

{{AddonSidebar()}}

Given a tab ID, get the tab's details as a {{WebExtAPIRef("tabs.Tab")}} object.

This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise.

Syntax

let getting = browser.tabs.get(
  tabId              // integer
)

Parameters

• tabId

  • : integer. ID of the tab to get.

Return value

A Promise that will be fulfilled with a {{WebExtAPIRef('tabs.Tab')}} object containing information about the tab. If the tab could not be found or some other error occurs, the promise will be rejected with an error message.

Examples

Get information about a tab when it is activated:

async function logListener(info) {
  try {
    let tabInfo = await browser.tabs.get(info.tabId);
    console.log(tabInfo);
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(error);
  }
}

browser.tabs.onActivated.addListener(logListener);

{{WebExtExamples}}

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.tabs API. This documentation is derived from tabs.json in the Chromium code.