Windows URL protocol handler in python?

[john.burton@jbmail.com]

Is there a way to make a handler in python presumably using the win32
extensions to handle URLS of a specific type when they are given to
windows?

For example if I want to handle
myprotocol://server/id
using my own python program?
Any suggestions or references would be appreciated.

[John J. Lee]

Re: Windows URL protocol handler in python?

"john.burton@jb mail.com" <john.burton@jb mail.com> writes:
[color=blue]
> Is there a way to make a handler in python presumably using the win32
> extensions to handle URLS of a specific type when they are given to
> windows?
>
> For example if I want to handle
> myprotocol://server/id
> using my own python program?
> Any suggestions or references would be appreciated.[/color]

Maybe pywin32 can do it. Probably ctypes can do it.

Read up on COM monikers (eg. Essential COM by Don Box).


John

[JanC]

Re: Windows URL protocol handler in python?

john.burton@jbm ail.com schreef:
[color=blue]
> Is there a way to make a handler in python presumably using the win32
> extensions to handle URLS of a specific type when they are given to
> windows?
>
> For example if I want to handle
> myprotocol://server/id
> using my own python program?
> Any suggestions or references would be appreciated.[/color]

That's just an entry in the Windows registry

As an example, this is how Xnews does it:

------------------------------ news-url.reg ------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_RO OT\news]
@="URL:news Protocol"
"URL Protocol"=""
"EditFlags"=hex :02,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_RO OT\news\Default Icon]
@="\"C:\\Xnews\ \Xnews.exe\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_RO OT\news\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_RO OT\news\shell\o pen]

[HKEY_CLASSES_RO OT\news\shell\o pen\command]
@="\"C:\\Xnews\ \Xnews.exe\" /url=\"%1\""
------------------------------ news-url.reg ------------------------------


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JanC

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