Needing help with a custom browser protocol

So what I'm trying to do is create a protocol called "opentor" and when used like "opentor://http://www.website.com/" it'll open that website in tor from another browser. I've gotten the URI scheme working, and it's opening tor when I use it, but it's not opening the link in it. What is the problem to this? Is it a bug in tor? Is there something I'm missing? Or is it just not possible at all?

Trac:
Username: AlienDrew

added component::applications/tor browser owner::cypherpunks priority::low reporter::AlienDrew resolution::fixed severity::normal status::closed type::enhancement labels

This is also a ticket with helpful information on the URI scheme for macOS and Linux. #24052 (moved) This bug report may explain why you can not use the URI scheme. #22419 (moved)

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Username: Dbryrtfbcbhgf

Actually, nah, it wasn't that. I actually figured it out, but I needed to use a .bat file to configure user input correctly. I have the protocol working just fine now

Trac:
Username: AlienDrew

Trac:
Status: new to accepted
Owner: phoul to cypherpunks

Trac:
Keywords: scheme, website, url, browser, link, protocol, uri, custom deleted, N/A added
Version: Tor: unspecified to N/A
Component: Community/Tor Support to Applications/Tor Browser
Status: accepted to new
Milestone: Tor: unspecified to N/A
Type: project to enhancement

I created a this script that could be used as a browser protocol to say, like open a link from chrome, but in the TOR Browser. I decided to change the name of the protocol itself to "tor-browser" because it kinda makes sense.

Below is the code I had put together, and it receives the input like any other protocol through the %0.0.8 final param: ("opentor.bat")

@echo off
REM Created by AlienDrew thealiendrew@gmail.com

if [%1] == [] got :eof

set "browser_dir=%windir:~0,2%\Program Files (x86)\Tor Browser\Browser\firefox.exe"
set "url=%1"

:: for some reason, args passed by the system get screwy
echo %1 | find "tor-[/"](/") > nul
if errorlevel 0 set "url=%url:~15,-1%"

:: I do admit that this could cause problems in the future
tasklist /fi "imagename eq firefox.exe" | find ":" > nul

if errorlevel 1 (
start /b "" "%browser_dir%" --allow-remote --new-tab "%url%"
endlocal && exit
)

start /b "" "%browser_dir"% --allow-remote "%url%"
endlocal && exit

And this I had put in the "Tor Browser\Browser" directory. As for Tor, I decided to put it in the "Program Files (x86)" but the script could easily be changed to do more than that.

But what pieces this together is the registry keys needed to create to protocol. Listed below, some commands that you can use in a .bat to register the keys needed: (admin access required!)

@echo off & setlocal
set "tor_dir=%windir:~0,2%\Program Files (x86)\Tor Browser"

reg add HKCR\tor-browser /ve /d "URL:tor-browser Protocol" /f
reg add HKCR\tor-browser /v "URL Protocol" /t REG_SZ /f
reg add HKCR\tor-browser\shell\open\command /ve /d "\"%tor_dir%\Browser\opentor.bat\" \"%%1\"" /f
:: same directory as when I first mentioned the "open to.bat" file

But these two things combined with the browser should work just fine. Not the best solution I'm sure but it works for me.

Trac:
Username: AlienDrew
Resolution: N/A to fixed
Status: new to closed

Oh and... Just typing something like "tor-/www.link-to-a-site.com/" in most browsers should work (some you have to press Ctrl-Enter to accept the protocol).

Trac:
Username: AlienDrew

closed

moved to tpo/applications/tor-browser#26279 (closed)