hubcap back

Navigate back one entry in the browser’s session history.

When to use

Use back to go to the previous page in the tab’s history, equivalent to pressing the browser’s back button. Use goto to navigate to a specific URL instead, or forward to go the other direction.

Usage

hubcap back

Arguments

None.

Flags

None.

Output

Field	Type	Description
success	boolean	Whether the navigation completed

{
  "success": true
}

Errors

Condition	Exit code	Stderr
Chrome not connected	2	`error: connecting to Chrome: ...`
Timeout	3	`error: timeout`

Examples

Go back one page:

hubcap back

Navigate to a page, go back, then verify the URL changed:

hubcap goto --wait "https://example.com/page2" && hubcap back && hubcap url | jq -r '.url'

Go back and wait for the page to finish loading:

hubcap back && hubcap waitload