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agent114

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firefox and running a script when a URL matches a string

I have been looking for a way of launching youtube videos in mpv when clicked in firefox, I haven't found anything that can do this. does anyone know if there is an extension or a setting that can run mpv or just a bash script when a url matches a string such as "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v="

mpan

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Re: firefox and running a script when a URL matches a string

GreaseMonkey + a localhost HTTP server with/in your favourite server-side language.

A GreaseMonkey script, triggering on YouTube address, sends to the server a POST request containing the URL. The server receives the request and launches mpv or a Bash script with the received data. Ensure authentication of the requests! A long, random token should suffice for this simple scenario.

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