How to get the url that UIWebView is loading?

Question

In my WebView, when the user clicks on a link within the webview, where is that property? I looked at the docs and have tried things like

[webView.request.URL description]
webView.request.URL.absoluteURL or absoluteString

, and everything is blank. Thanks!

Use the search feature: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4679378/iphone-uiwebview-get-the-url-of-the-link-clicked — lm2s, Jul 09 '12 at 21:32

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 10 '12 at 05:00

Implement delegate function like

- (BOOL)webView:(UIWebView*)webView shouldStartLoadWithRequest:(NSURLRequest*)request navigationType:(UIWebViewNavigationType)navigationType 
{
    if(navigationType == UIWebViewNavigationTypeLinkClicked)
    {
        // Its following the click on some link on the loaded webpage
        NSString  *strLink = [[request URL] absoluteString]; // Clicked Link URL
    }
    return YES; // return YES if you allow the page to load else return NO  
}

Hope this helps you.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 10 '12 at 03:15

0

Maybe try this:

NSString *link = [webView.request.URL absoluteString];

Hope this helps!

answered Jul 10 '12 at 03:15

pasawaya

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 10 '12 at 03:45

you need to catch webview delegate functions when user tap on any link

- (BOOL)webView:(UIWebView*)webView shouldStartLoadWithRequest:(NSURLRequest*)request navigationType:(UIWebViewNavigationType)navigationType {
  NSURL *url = [request URL];
  NSString *link =   [url absoluteString];
  return YES;   
}

How to get the url that UIWebView is loading?

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