Allows Hammerspoon to respond to URLs Hammerspoon is configured to react to URLs that start with hammerspoon://
when they are opened by OS X. This extension allows you to register callbacks for these URL events and their parameters, offering a flexible way to receive events from other applications.
You can also choose to make Hammerspoon the default for http://
and https://
URLs, which lets you route the URLs in your Lua code
Given a URL such as hammerspoon://someEventToHandle?someParam=things&otherParam=stuff
, in the literal, RFC1808 sense of the URL, someEventToHandle
is the hostname (or net_loc) of the URL, but given that these are not network resources, we consider someEventToHandle
to be the name of the event. No path should be specified in the URL - it should consist purely of a hostname and, optionally, query parameters.
See also hs.ipc
for a command line IPC mechanism that is likely more appropriate for shell scripts or command line use. Unlike hs.ipc
, hs.urlevent
is not able to return any data to its caller.
NOTE: If Hammerspoon is not running when a hammerspoon://
URL is opened, Hammerspoon will be launched, but it will not react to the URL event. Nor will it react to any events until this extension is loaded and event callbacks have been bound. NOTE: Any event which is received, for which no callback has been bound, will be logged to the Hammerspoon Console NOTE: When you trigger a URL from another application, it is usually best to have the URL open in the background, if that option is available. Otherwise, OS X will activate Hammerspoon (i.e. give it focus), which makes URL events difficult to use for things like window management.
Signature | hs.urlevent.httpCallback |
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Type | Variable |
Description |
A function that should handle http:// and https:// URL events |
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Source | extensions/urlevent/urlevent.lua line 21 |
Signature | hs.urlevent.mailtoCallback |
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Type | Variable |
Description |
A function that should handle mailto: URL events |
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Source | extensions/urlevent/urlevent.lua line 34 |
Signature | hs.urlevent.bind(eventName, callback) |
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Type | Function |
Description |
Registers a callback for a hammerspoon:// URL event |
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Source | extensions/urlevent/urlevent.lua line 88 |
Signature | hs.urlevent.getAllHandlersForScheme(scheme) -> table |
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Type | Function |
Description |
Gets all of the application bundle identifiers of applications able to handle a URL scheme |
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Source | extensions/urlevent/liburlevent.m line 269 |
Signature | hs.urlevent.getDefaultHandler(scheme) -> string |
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Type | Function |
Description |
Gets the application bundle identifier of the application currently registered to handle a URL scheme |
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Source | extensions/urlevent/liburlevent.m line 244 |
Signature | hs.urlevent.openURL(url) |
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Type | Function |
Description |
Opens a URL with the default application |
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Source | extensions/urlevent/urlevent.lua line 109 |
Signature | hs.urlevent.openURLWithBundle(url, bundleID) -> boolean |
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Type | Function |
Description |
Opens a URL with a specified application |
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Source | extensions/urlevent/liburlevent.m line 300 |
Signature | hs.urlevent.setDefaultHandler(scheme[, bundleID]) |
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Type | Function |
Description |
Sets the default system handler for URLs of a given scheme |
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Source | extensions/urlevent/liburlevent.m line 196 |
Signature | hs.urlevent.setRestoreHandler(scheme, bundleID) |
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Type | Function |
Description |
Stores a URL handler that will be restored when Hammerspoon or reloads its config |
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Source | extensions/urlevent/liburlevent.m line 173 |
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