if nothing has been loaded yet.
WebView.getUri
string getUri()Returns the current active URI of web_view.
The active URI might change during a load operation:
<orderedlist> <listitem><para>When nothing has been loaded yet on web_view the active URI is null.
</para></listitem> <listitem><para>When a new load operation starts the active URI is the requested URI:
<itemizedlist> <listitem><para>If the load operation was started by [webkit.web_view.WebView.loadUri], the requested URI is the given one.
</para></listitem> <listitem><para>If the load operation was started by [webkit.web_view.WebView.loadHtml], the requested URI is "about:blank".
</para></listitem> <listitem><para>If the load operation was started by [webkit.web_view.WebView.loadAlternateHtml], the requested URI is content URI provided.
</para></listitem> <listitem><para>If the load operation was started by [webkit.web_view.WebView.goBack] or [webkit.web_view.WebView.goForward], the requested URI is the original URI of the previous/next item in the #WebKitBackForwardList of web_view.
</para></listitem> <listitem><para>If the load operation was started by [webkit.web_view.WebView.goToBackForwardListItem], the requested URI is the opriginal URI of the given #WebKitBackForwardListItem.
</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </para></listitem> <listitem><para>If there is a server redirection during the load operation, the active URI is the redirected URI. When the signal #WebKitWebView::load-changed is emitted with [webkit.types.LoadEvent.Redirected] event, the active URI is already updated to the redirected URI.
</para></listitem> <listitem><para>When the signal #WebKitWebView::load-changed is emitted with [webkit.types.LoadEvent.Committed] event, the active URI is the final one and it will not change unless a new load operation is started or a navigation action within the same page is performed.
</para></listitem> </orderedlist>You can monitor the active URI by connecting to the notify::uri signal of web_view.