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define url scheme orion:// to open specific things, allows for more automation
orion://open-url?url=...
orion://preferences
orion://extensions
orion://passwords
orion://feedback
orion://install-extension?url=...

  • Vlad replied to this.

    eirk URL (uniform resource locator) is a reference to a web address. In Orion, Preferences, extensions, passwords, feedback.. are not web addresses (unlike in Chrome or Firefox) but native components and it would feel like a 'kludge' to be able to invoke them like this.

    orion://open-url?url=...
    orion://install-extension?url=...

    could be interesting, how would you design automation around this?

        This could be used for when you want to easily install an extension that isn't in the chrome or firefox extensiosn store. Normally, you would have to download the extension, then take multiple steps to install as a file. Using the URL scheme, you could turn this into a one-step process.

        Using the URL scheme, you could also easily open up some common windows, such as preferences, extensions, passwords, etc. This allows you to launch Orion and modify stuff there, without having to go through the process of launching orion, and looking through the menu icons.

        • Vlad replied to this.

          I agree, url schemes are good for automation.

            Fortrikka changed the title to orion:// url scheme .

              eirk Can you open preferences in safari using an url scheme?

                  No, this isn't a feature in Safari.

                  • Vlad replied to this.

                    eirk Exactly, because Preferences is not a URL. We want Orion to behave like a native app and that does include avoiding non-native and non-standard behaviors.

                    URL is a locator for a web address, not a window control. So things that have a web address in Orion can have URL, like notes do.

                    Perhaps you want better apple script support, which is a different matter?

                        I was just listing a few examples. Preferences does not need to be in the URL scheme.

                        But, AppleScript support would be nice, I'm asking for a URL scheme instead. This means you can easily write a terminal script to do a certain thing in Orion, instead of resorting to using the confusing and estoric syntax of AppleScript. Running AppleScript is also slower than running a simple open command. In the future, this would also allow this to be easily ported to other OSes.

                        • Vlad replied to this.

                          eirk Still waiting for a concrete use case (or two) of how you imagine you would use that.

                              open 'orion://open-url?url=...' could be a shortcut to open -b 'com.kagi.kagimacOS' '...'
                              open 'orion://install-extension?url=...' could allow users to easily install an extension from a file, or a different source, without having to manually download the file, and import it.

                                open 'orion://add-bookmark?url=...&title=...&invocation=...' could be used to quickly add a bookmark.

                                These are just some ideas.

                                • Vlad replied to this.

                                  eirk And you would use these from CLI? In what scenario? Like a script to prepackage Orion? Can you be as concrete as possible.

                                  • eirk replied to this.
                                      8 months later

                                      Title is clear. For example, “shortcuts://“ in Safari takes me to the shortcut app, “ashell://“ takes me to the a-Shell app, etc. You can optionally provide some data with the request as well. Additionally, triggering these (or even just an option for “Go to URL”) would be nice to have in gestures.

                                        orion faq: https://browser.kagi.com/faq.html

                                        How do I open Orion iOS from my app?
                                        Here is Orion's schema on iOS:
                                        orion://open-url?url=url to open an URL
                                        orion://search?q=query to perform search

                                          Merged 3 posts from Support X-Callback schema.
                                            4 months later

                                            Vlad these can be used to prepackage Orion, as some do with their dotfiles and a way to automatically set them all up on new devices. some settings, like profiles aren't synced. additionally, this allows for an easy way to automate in a generic way, without the users needing to use applescript or shortcuts. this creates a more standard way for automating orion, even though its not quite feature complete.

                                            additionally, with other third-party tools, this could allow for users hooking a shortcut to running some complex action, where the result is a new tab opened, or a bookmark created, or windows being modified.

                                            some more possible URL scheme commands:

                                            • using a script to add a tab to a specific named window
                                              orion://open?url=kagi.com&window_title=Project%20for%20something
                                            • using a script to modify profiles
                                              orion://add-profile?name=Work&default=true