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I have a script called xyz.sh which uses zenity.which when executed gives the users a selection menu.issue is this is one of our team mate /home/dir which is nfs based. usally we run the path/xyz.sh from terminal.it gets executed. What i was trying to make this as a url and which when called by the user should run the script and pops the selection menu.

example : http://abc.com/xyz which should execute the xyz.sh on user remote machine. not on server.

i don't mind if it is in python or in cgi/php.

Update: Thanks for sharing the link.I have tried and created protocol handler in firefox. As mentioned the below.

First open about:config and then I have created a external protocol. network.protocol-handler.external.app.xyz.sh and in the string I have provided the path of my script /home/xyz/xyz.sh

But, when I call this from the browser xyz: it is again giving me error as "firefox does know how to open this address. Because protocol is not associated with any programme".

Please help me in this. Thanks in advance.

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It is not possible to run an arbitrary script on a visitors computer (for obvious reasons).

The best approach is probably to tell the user to install some software, which registers a custom protocol in the browser, so that you can direct the user to something like

pythonexec://abc.com/xyz

How to do this is explained in other SO posts such as this one:

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