Electron JS - Deep Linking - Example of how to use deep linking

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In Electron JS, I created an app for Windows and registered my own protocol for deep linking. The app properly opens when clicking on my link ludo://play?level=1234. No problem there. However I don't know how to retrieve the deep link inside of my app. The docs for app.setAsDefaultProtocolClient mention this sentence:

The whole link, including protocol, will be passed to your application as a parameter.

Can anyone tell me how to retrieve that? Because it is not in process.argv nor is it in process.execPath or process.execArgv.

Could it be passed in a callback when the app starts? Any help on this would be great.

Take a look at my answer in another SO question: [Pass URL scheme in a Single Instance Electron Application for Windows.](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38458857/electron-url-scheme-open-url-event/43842895#43842895) — oikonomopo, May 08 '17 at 08:30
Anyone did it for ubuntu electon app? i have successfully done it for windows and mac — ninja dev, Feb 02 '18 at 05:24

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 03 '16 at 03:49

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On macOS you need to listen to the app.open-url event, while on Windows the url should be available in process.argv (in the main process).

answered Sep 03 '16 at 03:49

Vadim Macagon

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Ah yes, Chromium is multi-process. I was looking in the browser window process.argv (`app.js`) but in fact, you have to do it in the main process (`background.js`). Thanks! – Martin Drapeau Sep 03 '16 at 09:01
@MartinDrapeau: stuck to same problem but not able to get how to do this,can you please provide a sample code for this – moni sogani Nov 14 '16 at 10:25
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what about ubuntu? – ninja dev Feb 02 '18 at 05:21

Electron JS - Deep Linking - Example of how to use deep linking

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