Protocol Handling

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Protocol handling enables web apps to register their ability to open links with particular URL schemes, also known as protocols.

This means that a web app can for example register itself as an app that will open links like web+foo://bar. In this case, the app will register the protocol web+foo as the protocol it can handle.

If a user chooses the web app as the default app to open links with this protocol, the web app will be opened when a link with this protocol is clicked.

Demo

Install this app and then click the "Open link page" link below. This will open a page in your default browser that contains a list of links with the web+pwatoday protocol. Close the installed app and then click one of the links. Each link will open a demo page in the installed app.

Web apps can register as protocol handlers by adding the protocol handler to the manifest.json file or through navigator.registerProtocolHandler().

Open link page

// manifest.json "protocol_handlers": [ { "protocol": "web+pwatoday", "url": "/protocol-handler-page?type=%s" } ] // javascript navigator.registerProtocolHandler( 'web+pwatoday', 'https://whatpwacando.today/protocol-handler-page?type=%s' );

Documentation

Protocol handler registration on Chrome developers.

Browser support

The File Handling API is supported on Chrome 96+ and Edge 96+.