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A private messenger for iOS.
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URL Scheme #706

Closed claesjacobsson closed 2 years ago

claesjacobsson commented 9 years ago

Any plans on implementing a URL scheme for contacting people from other app? Would be great.

sgnl://call/[number] sgnl://message/[number]

Or even better, if it was to include callbacks, for example using the http://x-callback-url.com/ spec.

sgnl://x-callback-url/call? x-success=sourceapp://x-callback-url/callSuccess& x-source=SourceApp& x-error=sourceapp://x-callback-url/callError& number=[number]

sgnl://x-callback-url/message? x-success=sourceapp://x-callback-url/messageSuccess& x-source=SourceApp& x-error=sourceapp://x-callback-url/messageError& number=[number]

lode commented 7 years ago

I'm curious about this as well. We would like to help our users to become more privacy-minded and are writing about it. When sharing the article, our users can share via all kinds of media, of which WhatsApp is one. It would be great to offer them to share via Signal as well.

stephenlindauer commented 7 years ago

I would love to see a feature like this as well. We need a way to be able to promote Signal in a website or email signature. Maybe have the ability to contact without giving out my telephone number as well via some other unique ID or username?

de1mat commented 6 years ago

Would be good to be able to specify the actual message in the URL scheme as well.

/message/[number/[text/

de1mat commented 6 years ago

This is an example similar to Telegram

Please allow the URL to include the actual text to send to the specified number.

signl://msg?text=Hi&to=+1555999

hboettger commented 6 years ago

This would be great together with the iOS workflow app. Enabling to use Signal as default in many situations.

HaBaLeS commented 6 years ago

Any news on this? I would also love to be able to Trigger a call in Signal from a 3rd party App

ameesme commented 6 years ago

Also very much interested in this. Telegram also offers a nice share-page, preventing users from hitting an unknown URL-scheme error when they don't have the app installed.

Example

conoro commented 6 years ago

Big 👍 for this. Specifically "Add me on Signal" in email sig. Would help drive adoption too.

tomj commented 5 years ago

Please note that as of iOS 9 this could now be implemented as an iOS Universal Link as compared to the Custom URL Scheme described above.

So in the case of Signal, the link would simply be to https://signal.org/call/[number] with the link handled gracefully on the website for if a user doesn't have the app installed (in this case likely redirecting to an installation link).

Note: I can't even begin to imagine the security considerations for implementing a Universal Link in the context of the overall Signal iOS app (I'm only cursorily familiar with the architecture) but am merely pointing out how it could be implemented in the current version of iOS. There are a couple of attack vectors for intercepting custom URL scheme calls if I remember correctly, in addition to custom schemes being an attack vector for bad actors to provide malicious links (Apple even say as much on the documentation).

bikemule commented 4 years ago

This list of iOS x-callback-urls lists Signal: https://github.com/bhagyas/app-urls I assume this is incorrect?

leipert commented 4 years ago

@bikemule Seems like it is used for adding Sticker packs and Verifying devices: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-iOS/blob/e76583ac7d521e32f5de8ba4001f1847dea19c6e/Signal/src/AppDelegate.m#L540-L555

jasonprado commented 4 years ago

Is this feature not implemented due to the difficulty of doing so securely, or is it just not done yet? I'd be interested in attempting to contribute it if it's desired by the maintainers.

KlemensStrasser commented 4 years ago

Another 👍 for this. We and our users would love to see an integration of Signal in our app Cardhop, which would be possible with through the URL scheme

chxseh commented 4 years ago

Another +1, would love to add a direct link to my resume as my number I'm using for signal doesn't accept SMS.

NSCoder commented 4 years ago

Are pull requests welcome for this issue?

saizai commented 4 years ago

@NSCoder Aren't they always? 😉

joeinnes commented 3 years ago

I see it's been nearly 5 years since this was initially requested - are we getting any closer to this now with the group links and stickers etc?

Would love to see this!

KaiOelfke commented 3 years ago

I make a contact manager app for keeping in touch. It has a contact method feature that opens directly the conversation in a messaging app like Signal. Several customers (including myself) want Signal support here. But I need universal links or an URL scheme for this.

Ideally, initiating a call and passing a text message as parameter would be supported as well.

There's almost no communication app, which doesn't support this. It enables many use cases.

Tsjippy commented 3 years ago

+1 for this

camxcube commented 3 years ago

+1 for this too!

ThirupathiRaoM commented 3 years ago

Hi Hope you are doing great; i am try to Open App Via schema it is Opening But I need to Go to Exact Contact To Send A message to Particular Contact When tried different Ways I am Only Opening The App Not the Particular Contact Please Help Me to Solve this issue
Thanks & Regads IOS Developer

ThirupathiRaoM commented 3 years ago

This is an example similar to Telegram

Please allow the URL to include the actual text to send to the specified number.

signl://msg?text=Hi&to=+1555999

Hi Hope you are doing great i used same Way In My Project but it is not opening the Particular contact for chat option "sgnl://msg?text=Hi&to=+1555999" this is opening the App

de1mat commented 3 years ago

This is an example similar to Telegram

Please allow the URL to include the actual text to send to the specified number.

signl://msg?text=Hi&to=+1555999

Hi

Hope you are doing great

i used same Way In My Project but it is not opening the Particular contact for chat option

"sgnl://msg?text=Hi&to=+1555999" this is opening the App

The feature is not implemented yet, so that is why it is not working...

ThirupathiRaoM commented 3 years ago

Means in ios we are unable to open Particular Conatct In signal ??

CySchneider commented 3 years ago

Big need. 👍

sreedev98 commented 3 years ago

Just bumping this as this is an absolutely necessary feature.

arronmabrey commented 3 years ago

Same ^^

nelsoncarr commented 3 years ago

If there was this custom URL scheme which would allow to prefill a text (and/or number), all websites could have a "share on signal" or "text me on signal" button. would be a great boost for signal!

marcinkoziej commented 3 years ago

Hey why is this issue from prepandemic times still not resolved???

primu5 commented 3 years ago

Any update on URL schema implementations/adaptations plans? Would be really amazing to use Signal as a "Contact Me" option in Email Signatures & literally everywhere on web.

nabilfreeman commented 3 years ago

Nice 7 year old issue 🤣

p.s. sending nothing but love to the Signal team!

brodyhoskins commented 3 years ago

Would love to see this too! 😬

pawlean commented 3 years ago

Would 💜 this too!

stale[bot] commented 2 years ago

Is this still relevant? If so, what is blocking it? Is there anything you can do to help move it forward?

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Tsjippy commented 2 years ago

I would love to hear any official comment whether this coming at some point

Cerberus0 commented 2 years ago

Hello everyone,

It has already been "leaked" that the Signal team is working on this feature. Of course, they don't like to talk about timelines or new features until they're ready.

Please note that this issue tracker is no longer used for feature requests, as stated in the project's contribution guidelines:

The issue tracker is for bugs, not feature requests

The GitHub issue tracker is not used for feature requests, but new ideas can be submitted and discussed on the community forum. The purpose of this issue tracker is to track bugs in the iOS client. Bug reports should only be submitted for existing functionality that does not work as intended. Comments that are relevant and concise will help the developers solve issues more quickly.

If you would like to continue this discussion, please do so on the community forum:

https://community.signalusers.org/t/add-custom-url-scheme-signal-or-sgnl-for-share-or-call-buttons-on-websites/2362

You can easily join the forum with your existing GitHub account. Thanks!

primu5 commented 2 years ago

Alright, this works. It exposes my number but idc this works for me.

https://signal.me/#p/+{COUNTRY_CODE}{NUMBER}

Finally!

uok commented 2 years ago

Nice find! Signal App and Signal Desktop can already handle this link

I hope there will also be a t or text parameter, which lets you share text

stale[bot] commented 2 years ago

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de1mat commented 2 years ago

Is this still relevant? If so, what is blocking it?

The bot asks some good questions.

Yes this is still relevant. We still cannot specify a text message to be included in the url parameter.

stale[bot] commented 2 years ago

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saizai commented 2 years ago

Reopened at https://community.signalusers.org/t/url-scheme-706/44998/1

iSebastin commented 1 year ago

Means in ios we are unable to open Particular Conatct In signal ??

We can open a particular chat window using https://signal.me/#p/[number], but I'm still figuring a way to append a message along with it.