Regex based redirection

[AbhishekTripathi]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Given a website "https://www.example.com/somepath?query1=a&query2=b", I want it to be opened in Microsoft Edge browser. I can use the url scheme to launch the edge with "microsoft-edge: " but I don't find a way to capture the provided URL and pass to the url scheme for edge.

Describe the solution you'd like
A clear approach with some examples how can I pass the source url to the redirect url. A better approach would be to use regex capture groups which opens up many other possibillities but for my usecase, full url capture is fine.

Describe alternatives you've considered
There is no alternative currently.

Additional context
Many organisations restrict the browser or app in which the link should open. Safari being the default browser, many times handles the link and opens it. Using this extension to open the given link in other apps would be very helpful. Plesae note that I use Velja on my Mac as the default browser and I would like something similar with this extension. See here: https://sindresorhus.com/velja

[aloth]

Hey @AbhishekTripathi, thanks for filing this! This is a fantastic question and a perfect use case for the redirect engine.

Your thinking is exactly correct: the way to do this is with regex capture groups. The app already supports this!

The key is to wrap the part of the pattern you want to keep (in this case, the entire URL) in parentheses (), and then use $1 in the destination field to reference that captured text.

You would set it up like this:

• Pattern: (https?://.*myworkdomain.*)
• Destination: microsoft-edge:$1

This pattern will:

1. Match any URL that contains "myworkdomain".
2. The parentheses () will "capture" the entire matching URL into group 1.
3. The $1 in the destination will paste that captured URL right after microsoft-edge:.

This should give you exactly the behavior you're looking for, just like Velja on the Mac.

Could you give that a try and let me know if it works for you?