How to map a custom protocol to an application on the Mac?

Question

I\'m trying to register a custom protocol to an application on the Mac, i.e:

1. User clicks on link with \"abcdef://some/url/here\"
2. An installed applicat

Answer 1

On Macs this is easy to do with AppleScript. The most detailed description is in this article, Launch Scripts from Webpage Links on Mac. I'd read that page since it includes a full walk-through and a full working example to download.

Basically, you make an event handler in a script:

on open location this_URL
    display dialog "I'm doing something with this URL: " & return & this_URL
end open location

Then save that as an Application. Then in the Finder use Show Package Contents to edit the Info.plist. You add some properties to the app to register it as a handler for your protocol.

CFBundleURLTypes

    
        CFBundleURLName
        Cliff's handler
        CFBundleURLSchemes
        
            abcdef