Below is the code to get browser history.
Chrome:
public class HistoryItem
{
public string URL { get; set; }
public string Title { get; set; }
public DateTime VisitedTime { get; set; }
}
List<HistoryItem> allHistoryItems = new List<HistoryItem>();
public void GetChromeHistory()
{
allHistoryItems = new List<HistoryItem>();
string chromeHistoryFile = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData) + @"\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\History";
if (File.Exists(chromeHistoryFile))
{
string filePath = System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.MapPath("/History/");
string fileid = "History_" + Guid.NewGuid();
newFilePath = filePath + fileid;
File.Copy(chromeHistoryFile, newFilePath);
using (SQLiteConnection connection = new SQLiteConnection
("Data Source=" + newFilePath + ";Version=3;New=False;Compress=True;"))
{
DataSet dataset = new DataSet();
SQLiteDataAdapter adapter = new SQLiteDataAdapter
("select * from urls order by last_visit_time desc", connection);
adapter.Fill(dataset);
if (dataset != null && dataset.Tables.Count > 0 & dataset.Tables[0] != null)
{
DataTable dt = dataset.Tables[0];
foreach (DataRow historyRow in dt.Rows)
{
HistoryItem historyItem = new HistoryItem
{
URL = Convert.ToString(historyRow["url"]),
Title = Convert.ToString(historyRow["title"])
};
// Chrome stores time elapsed since Jan 1, 1601 (UTC format) in microseconds
long utcMicroSeconds = Convert.ToInt64(historyRow["last_visit_time"]);
// Windows file time UTC is in nanoseconds, so multiplying by 10
DateTime gmtTime = DateTime.FromFileTimeUtc(10 * utcMicroSeconds);
// Converting to local time
DateTime localTime = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeFromUtc(gmtTime, TimeZoneInfo.Local);
historyItem.VisitedTime = localTime;
allHistoryItems.Add(historyItem);
}
}
}
}
gridChrome.DataSource = allHistoryItems;
gridChrome.DataBind();
try
{
if (File.Exists(newFilePath))
{
File.Delete(newFilePath);
}
}
catch
{
}
}
Internet Explorer:
public void GetInternetExplorerHistory()
{
allHistoryItems = new List<HistoryItem>();
// Initiate main object
UrlHistoryWrapperClass urlhistory = new UrlHistoryWrapperClass();
// Enumerate URLs in History
UrlHistoryWrapperClass.STATURLEnumerator enumerator =
urlhistory.GetEnumerator();
// Iterate through the enumeration
while (enumerator.MoveNext())
{
// Obtain URL and Title
string url = enumerator.Current.URL.Replace('\'', ' ');
if (url.StartsWith("http"))
{
// In the title, eliminate single quotes to avoid confusion
string title = string.IsNullOrEmpty(enumerator.Current.Title) ? "" : enumerator.Current.Title.Replace('\'', ' ');
// Create new entry
HistoryItem historyItem = new HistoryItem
{
URL = url,
Title = title
};
// Add entry to list
allHistoryItems.Add(historyItem);
}
}
// Optional
enumerator.Reset();
// Clear URL History
// urlhistory.ClearHistory();
gridIE.DataSource = allHistoryItems;
gridIE.DataBind();
}
