BASELINE NowYouCanUse.com

Limited Availability

id: registerprotocolhandler

registerProtocolHandler

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.

Baseline Status: This feature is currently Limited and is missing in at least one major browser engine.

Desktop Browser Engine Support

Google Chrome

13

Supported

Mozilla Firefox

2

Supported

Apple Safari

—

Unsupported

Microsoft Edge

79

Supported

Mobile Browser Engine Support

Chrome Android

—

Firefox Android

4

Safari iOS

—

Specifications and References

Specification ↗ Feature XML ↗

MDN Browser Compat Data Keys:

api.Navigator.registerProtocolHandler ↗ api.Navigator.registerProtocolHandler.scheme_parameter_bitcoin ↗ api.Navigator.registerProtocolHandler.scheme_parameter_ftp ↗ api.Navigator.registerProtocolHandler.scheme_parameter_ftps ↗ api.Navigator.registerProtocolHandler.scheme_parameter_geo ↗ api.Navigator.registerProtocolHandler.scheme_parameter_im ↗ api.Navigator.registerProtocolHandler.scheme_parameter_irc ↗ api.Navigator.registerProtocolHandler.scheme_parameter_ircs ↗ api.Navigator.registerProtocolHandler.scheme_parameter_magnet ↗ api.Navigator.registerProtocolHandler.scheme_parameter_mailto ↗ api.Navigator.registerProtocolHandler.scheme_parameter_matrix ↗ api.Navigator.registerProtocolHandler.scheme_parameter_mms ↗ api.Navigator.registerProtocolHandler.scheme_parameter_news ↗ api.Navigator.registerProtocolHandler.scheme_parameter_nntp ↗ api.Navigator.registerProtocolHandler.scheme_parameter_openpgp4fpr ↗ api.Navigator.registerProtocolHandler.scheme_parameter_sftp ↗ api.Navigator.registerProtocolHandler.scheme_parameter_sip ↗ api.Navigator.registerProtocolHandler.scheme_parameter_sms ↗ api.Navigator.registerProtocolHandler.scheme_parameter_smsto ↗ api.Navigator.registerProtocolHandler.scheme_parameter_ssh ↗ api.Navigator.registerProtocolHandler.scheme_parameter_tel ↗ api.Navigator.registerProtocolHandler.scheme_parameter_urn ↗ api.Navigator.registerProtocolHandler.scheme_parameter_webcal ↗ api.Navigator.registerProtocolHandler.scheme_parameter_wtai ↗ api.Navigator.registerProtocolHandler.scheme_parameter_xmpp ↗ api.Navigator.registerProtocolHandler.secure_context_required ↗ api.Navigator.unregisterProtocolHandler ↗