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I'd like to create a Cocoa app that is able to grab selected text from a website in a third-party browser (in other words, NOT from an embedded webkit instance running within my own app) and then store it in my app's database. From what I can tell, I need to user some kind of service for this, like how selected text in Textedit can be turned into a new sticky note via a service. However, I'd like to be able to provide this app through the App Store. Does that mean I need to use XPC services?

That's as far as I have gotten. So if I do need to use XPC services, can someone point me in a helpful direction? The Services Implementation Guide is totally over my head.

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  • The third-party browser is going to have to have some functionality that delivers HTML from a window to you. This is certainly possible if you're writing a browser plug-in *in addition* to your own app. Is this what you had in mind? – Michael Dautermann Mar 18 '13 at 23:42
  • I could do it that way, but what about creating a service (like the one I referenced in Textedit)? – maxedison Mar 19 '13 at 16:41

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