Open url with custom scheme?

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I’m building an app that links and redirects the user to a Coda doc. After doing some stuff in the doc, the user should then be returned to the app when clicking on a link with a custom scheme, for instance myapp://turkey/sandwich.

Coda is telling me:

Attempting to open an unsafe url - myapp://turkey/sandwich

– Has anyone else run in to this?
– Is there a workaround or a preferred method for opening custom url schemes?

I could open an html page which in turn redirects using javascript but that seems like a hacky solution.

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We’d have to think through these on a case-by-case basis and see if there’s a way to make this happen. This is a similar question…

I think the tough part here and you’re naming your own app, so it’s tougher to add these to a list of allowed protocol identifiers.

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Hi, what is the current situation on custom URLs @coda?

I’m trying to use Coda as an organization layer for my knowledge base consisting markdown notes that I create and navigate in Obsidian

  • Events are created in Google Calendar

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  • Obsidian notes for meetings are named 2020-11-25-1000 - Meeting name XYZ

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  • Specific meeting note folder in Obsidian vault is synced to Google Drive using the “Shift-Z trick”
  • Google Calendar is synced to Coda to create table of calendar events
  • Google Drive is synced to Coda to create table of files in the Obsidian folder
  • a calendar view in Coda displays all calendar events and an embed to the respective meeting note

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Now unfortunately I can’t open the custom URL obsidian://.../ to jumpt to my Obsidian note from Coda in Chrome.

Is that something you’ll support eventually or should I start thinking of a different way to provide structure to my note repository?

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Interested in this as well.

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Interested in this also!

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I am very interested in this!

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Interested in this also!

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I am facing same issue with a trigger URL of a macro created in Keyboard Maestro app.

When I write this URL in notes app. It is clickable and runs the macro when clicked. But when the same character string is used for coda button, it won’t open/trigger the URL.

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Any action on this? What’s the concern with allowing arbitrary URL schemes?

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Ey, Did you find a workaround?

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I’m trying to use a custom protocol as well. I have a small table of links to tools I use for performing audits I can use custom protocols to launch my desktop apps as well as web links. Coda doesn’t like using a custom protol “myapp://etc”.

I tried using formula or a button or really anything, I guess it’s just not allowed?

Grok said I could do it perhaps with custom Javascript and said there was an “Automation pack” that allowed for JS, but I can’t find it. I guess we can’t use custom JS either?

Man I just want to link to a custom URL!

If there is some sort of security concern here, then Coda could always popup a warning or have some way for us to whitelist a protocol within a doc.

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