I have seen how apps like Zoom launch their application on desktop whenever we click Join Meeting on the browser. I am unable to figure out how to do that. I tried putting the link of the app as URL but that just started downloading the application. I just need to open the app and do nothing else. Is there any way to implement that using JavaScript?

I have seen how apps like Zoom launch their application on desktop whenever we click Join Meeting on the browser. I am unable to figure out how to do that. I tried putting the link of the app as URL but that just started downloading the application. I just need to open the app and do nothing else. Is there any way to implement that using JavaScript?

• javascript
• windows
• macos
• browser

2 Answers 2

You should learn about how to write a custom URI scheme, define it in your app. and then, trigger it in the browser instead https://.
Check it here:
https://en.wikipedia/wiki/List_of_URI_schemes

Custom URI Scheme will help you to achieve this for your app. For eg: zoommtg, zoomus schemes are used by Zoom example: Windows/Mac client: zoommtg://zoom.us/join?confno=123456789&pwd=xxxx&zc=0&browser=chrome&uname=Betty

iOS/Android Client: zoomus://zoom.us/join?confno=123456789&pwd=xxxx&zc=0&browser=chrome&uname=Betty