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Protocol handler handles the well defined or custom url protocol like myprotocol://SomeFolder/SomePage

The protocol handler can be registred by application like email client, torrent application, skype application and thus the application can be open from web by clicking on the link.

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Apache Proxy: No protocol handler was valid

I am trying to proxy a subdirectory to another server. My httpd.conf: RewriteEngine On ProxyPreserveHost On RewriteRule .*subdir/ https://anotherserver/subdir/ [P] The problem is that Apache is always logging this: AH01144: No protocol handler was…
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How do I create my own URL protocol? (e.g. so://...)

I have seen: http://www... ftp://blah.blah... file://blah.blah... unreal://blah.blah... mailto://blah.blah... What is that first section where you see http and the like called? Can I register my own?
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Custom protocol handler in chrome

How do i set up a custom protocol handler in chrome? Something like: myprotocol://testfile I would need this to send a request to http://example.com?query=testfile, then send the httpresponse to my extension.
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How to detect browser's protocol handlers?

I have created a custom URL protocol handler. http:// mailto:// custom:// I have registered a WinForms application to respond accordingly. This all works great. But I would like to be able to gracefully handle the case where the user doesn't have…
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Setup mod_proxy on apache http server

I wanted to reverse proxy a web service from my tomcat server using apache web server. I have modified the httpd.conf LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so AllowOverride none Require all denied ProxyPass …
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How to map a custom protocol to an application on the Mac?

I'm trying to register a custom protocol to an application on the Mac, i.e: User clicks on link with "abcdef://some/url/here" An installed application is launched with the above string passed as the first param I've done this successfully on…
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simplest cross-browser check if protocol handler is registered

When user clicks link with custom protocol (like myapp://superlink) I need either launch an app or allow user to download and run configuration app I am looking for cross-browser way to check if custom protocol is registered I've tried to determine…
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How to register a url protocol handler in Node.js

I am developing a command line node module and would like to be able to launch it via links on a website. I want to register a custom protocol my-module:// such that links would have the following format: my-module://action:some-action and clicking…
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Registering a URL protocol handler in a multiple platforms

I an wanting to create a Java application that is installed on multiple platforms (Windows,Mac OS, Linux) as a part of this install I wish to register a URL protocol handler, so that my app loads when links are clicked. i.e. I want something like…
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How can I add a custom url handler on Windows. Like iTunes itms://

I would like telnet://blah to open putty and not the native windows telnet client. I don't even know what this 'feature' is called under windows so I'm having no luck find any information about it. Thanks in advance, Jan
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Tomcat 8.5.51 - Issues with secretRequired="false"

The secretRequired="false" option added to AJP connector is server.xml. However, the connector does not start with Protocol handler start failed error. It is behind an Apache Server version 2.4.25.
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Open Internet Explorer from Chrome using a protocol handler (ie:url)

I've followed these steps and it doesn't work correctly for me. Custom protocol handler in chrome Basically, I don't have a custom app. I just want to create an handler to open IE with a specific URL. Here are my reg: Windows Registry Editor Version…
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Registering a protocol handler in Windows 8

I'm trying to register my application that will handle opening of links, e,g, http://stackoverflow.com. I need to do this explicitly for Windows 8, I have itworking in earlier versions of Windows. According to MSDN this has changed in Win8. I've…
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Can Delphi be used to create and handle a custom protocol handler?

We have a need to interoperate between one of our web apps and a Win32 app created in Delphi. A colleague suggested using a custom protocol handler like ourcompany://something to pass information to the app. Is this possible with Delphi (5…
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Why Chrome on Linux shows "External protocol request" dialog for unknown protocol?

I am creating a custom protocol handler for Google Chrome on Linux. My link looks like this: Trigger my app with param I have noticed that if 'myprotocol:' is not registered (my app not installed), Google…
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