Getting Information From Google Chrome's Developer Tools

I am working on a project that wants me to get information from Google Chrome's Developer tools. More specifically, when I open up the developer tools on my target website, under t

Solution 1:

The Chrome Developer Tools has two parts frontend and backend and there is an API which specifies the protocol between these parts. You can see the specification here. You can use it for writing your own app instead of standard DevTools frontend.

Also there is experimental debugging API for chrome extensions.

Solution 2:

I have an existing extension which needed interaction with desktop resources. I used a websocket to achieve this. Maybe you could leverage this concept to access files are you required?