Javascript + Chrome Tabs Api - Can't Get Tab's Url

I have the following piece of code and the problem is that the callback from chrome.tabs.getSelected is evaluated after the request which is send with empty url. How can I solve th

Solution 1:

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function send() {
    chrome.tabs.getSelected(null, function(tab) {
        var client = new XMLHttpRequest();
        client.onreadystatechange = function() {
            if(this.readyState == 4) {
                alert(this.status);
            }
        }
        client.open("POST", "http://myurl");
        client.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain;charset=UTF-8");

        client.send(tab.url);
    });
}