Web features explorer - registerProtocolHandler

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The navigator.registerProtocolHandler() method declares a site's ability to handle an address scheme (also known as a protocol). For example, an email site can register to open mailto: URLs or a VoIP site to open tel: URLs.

Browser support

Chrome 13 Released on 2011-08-02
Chrome Android Not supported Bugs: 40964464
Edge 79 Released on 2020-01-15
Firefox 2 Released on 2006-10-24
Firefox for Android 4 Released on 2011-03-29
Safari Not supported
Safari on iOS Not supported

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Specifications

HTML (#custom-handlers), from HTML Workstream (WHATWG).

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