[Feature Request] URL Monitor about torrent-control HOT 9 CLOSED

Magnet urls are already being handled by the native protocol handler.

Automatic handling for all links would be nice, but the current web extension API doesn't yet have methods to add custom download targets.
This absense could be filled by parsing and rewriting links or blocking and matching requests. Both ways are hacky and slow down regular browsing. This also makes extension unpredictable, as there's no way to know if the link will match. There would also be many false positives and misses because of wide variety of url schemas on different sites.

Firefox 58 will be shipped soon and hopefully we will know soon if there are plans to extend the download API to allow custom handling by mime type, like the old one had.

from torrent-control.

I see, so it’s just a case of waiting for the custom handling by mime type API to be implemented.
Do you know if it has been requested or if there are any plans to implement it.

from torrent-control.

Relevant tickets in bugzilla are 1344648 and 1356397. Loosened content handler would allow detecting files with application/x-bittorrent mime automatically. Althought this doesn't help if server is missconfigured and responds torrents with generic application/octet-stream which needs action from the user to work properly.

from torrent-control.

So it looks like it's just a case of waiting for the right Apis to be implemented, although it could be a while.

from torrent-control.

Mozilla has triaged and combined relevant tickets to 1457500. So this is slowly progressing.

from torrent-control.

What is the harm in at least handling urls with the .torrent suffix? That would cover a whole lot of links, with very little chance of a false positive. Will you consider a pull request for this? Seems like a small enough change.

from torrent-control.

It looks like Mozillas progress on web extension apis has once again halted. I have some free time this weekend so I can make initial support.
Do you have more proposals for regexp filters other than /\.torrent$/?

from torrent-control.

I just sent you a pull request for this. See if you like it.

And if you have other ideas, would be interested in learning.

from torrent-control.

Feature is now present in 0.2.1.

from torrent-control.