Get-BrowserData

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Description

This function can be used to retrieve the browsing history and bookmarks from edge, chrome, and firefox (no bookmarks from firefox currently)

The Function

[Get-BrowserData]

In this function we will pass the browser name and data type (history/bookmarks) as parameter to retrieve the intended data

function Get-BrowserData {

    [CmdletBinding()]
    param (	
    [Parameter (Position=1,Mandatory = $True)]
    [string]$Browser,    
    [Parameter (Position=1,Mandatory = $True)]
    [string]$DataType 
    ) 

    $Regex = '(http|https)://([\w-]+\.)+[\w-]+(/[\w- ./?%&=]*)*?'

    if     ($Browser -eq 'chrome'  -and $DataType -eq 'history'   )  {$Path = "$Env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\History"}
    elseif ($Browser -eq 'chrome'  -and $DataType -eq 'bookmarks' )  {$Path = "$Env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Bookmarks"}
    elseif ($Browser -eq 'edge'    -and $DataType -eq 'history'   )  {$Path = "$Env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Local\Microsoft/Edge/User Data/Default/History"}
    elseif ($Browser -eq 'edge'    -and $DataType -eq 'bookmarks' )  {$Path = "$env:USERPROFILE/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Edge/User Data/Default/Bookmarks"}
    elseif ($Browser -eq 'firefox' -and $DataType -eq 'history'   )  {$Path = "$Env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*.default-release\places.sqlite"}
    

    $Value = Get-Content -Path $Path | Select-String -AllMatches $regex |% {($_.Matches).Value} |Sort -Unique
    $Value | ForEach-Object {
        $Key = $_
        if ($Key -match $Search){
            New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property @{
                User = $env:UserName
                Browser = $Browser
                DataType = $DataType
                Data = $_
            }
        }
    } 
}

SYNTAX:

Get-BrowserData -Browser "edge" -DataType "history"

Get-BrowserData -Browser "edge" -DataType "bookmarks"

Get-BrowserData -Browser "chrome" -DataType "history"

Get-BrowserData -Browser "chrome" -DataType "bookmarks"

Get-BrowserData -Browser "firefox" -DataType "history"

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