#!/usr/bin/python
#
# This script fetches the current open tabs in all Safari windows.  
# Useful to run remotely on your mac when you are at work and want 
# to read a page you have open (remotely) at home but don't remember 
# the url but can log in to your home system on the cmmand line
#

import sys

# work around needed for if not using the system python (such as with anaconda python distrib)
#mod_path = '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/{0:}.{1:}/Extras/lib/python/PyObjC'.format( sys.version_info[0], sys.version_info[1] )
#sys.path.append(mod_path)

from Foundation import NSAppleScript

# create applescript code object
s = NSAppleScript.alloc().initWithSource_(
    'tell app "Safari" to {URL,name} of tabs of windows'
)

# execute AS obj, get return value
result,_ = s.executeAndReturnError_(None)

# since we said {URL,name} we should have two items
assert result.numberOfItems() == 2 

# find number of tabs based on number of groups in the URL set
num_windows = result.descriptorAtIndex_(1).numberOfItems()

# create a simple dictionary
tabs = dict(( 'window {0:}'.format(win_num), []) for win_num in range(1, num_windows+1) )

for page_idx,win_num in enumerate(tabs,start=1):

    urls   = [ result.descriptorAtIndex_(1).descriptorAtIndex_(page_idx).descriptorAtIndex_(tab_num).stringValue()
              for tab_num in xrange(1, result.descriptorAtIndex_(1).descriptorAtIndex_(page_idx).numberOfItems()+1 ) ]

    titles = [ result.descriptorAtIndex_(2).descriptorAtIndex_(page_idx).descriptorAtIndex_(tab_num).stringValue().encode('ascii','xmlcharrefreplace')
              for tab_num in xrange(1, result.descriptorAtIndex_(1).descriptorAtIndex_(page_idx).numberOfItems()+1 ) ]

    tabs[win_num] = zip(urls,titles)

from pprint import pprint
pprint(tabs)