How can open and close link in Firefox?

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i need to open some links in firefox or chrome and after download is finished close any of them
i can open link with this command :

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("firefox.exe", "http://www.example.com?bookid=1");

I have Firefox set to one-window mode it opens a tab. This tab is killed (but not the main window) when I issue the Kill() method and i can close opened tab with this command :

var proc = Process.Start("firefox.exe", "http://www.example.com");
proc.Kill();

but how can close specified tab with indicate with url ?

my process.Start doesnt take parameters - does this code compile? — BugFinder, Apr 29 '16 at 07:47
Then get a new one ;) @BugFinder. It is there, really. http://msdn.microsoft.com/query/dev14.query?appId=Dev14IDEF1&l=EN-US&k=k(System.Diagnostics.Process.Start);k(TargetFrameworkMoniker-.NETFramework,Version%3Dv4.6);k(DevLang-csharp)&rd=true — Patrick Hofman, Apr 29 '16 at 07:48

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 29 '16 at 07:45

Maybe not a real answer to your question, but you don't need a browser to download a file, you can do that from C# directly.

WebClient wc = new WebClient();
wc.DownloadFile(new Uri("http://stackoverflow.com"), @"C:\temp\stackoverflow.html");

I don't think it is possible to close a specific tab in FireFox, I don't think there are any APIs to help you with that. If you are looking for a controllable browser, you might want to look into CefSharp.

How can open and close link in Firefox?

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