Help with conversion of Asana links?

[SirHomeALotToo]

Hey folks, any idea how I can alter Asana URLs so they trigger the right pages in the Asana desktop app?
e.g. if you click on a link like: https://app.asana.com/0/1116731155503379/1201546786800222/f
it opens a browser where it gets converted to: https://app.asana.com/-/desktop_app_link?path=%2F0%2F1116731155503379%2F1201546786800222%2Ff%3F
I'm sure this is an easy regex match + URL encode, but it's beyond my skill level :-(
Thanks in advance!

[mijkal]

The rewrite part is fairly straightforward, though attempts to route Asana links directly to the desktop app don't load the content of the link. This will open in the default browser, which then can pop open the Asana desktop app.

Ideally we can discern the URL format the app needs to jump straight to content and use that in Finicky rather than this intermediate URL + browser step.

{
        match: finicky.matchDomains(['app.asana.com']),
        url: ({ url }) => {
          const originalPath = encodeURIComponent(url.pathname);
          const rewritePath = `/-/desktop_app_link?path=${originalPath}`;
          return ({
            ...url,
            pathname: rewritePath,
          });
        },
      },

[SirHomeALotToo]

Thanks! Tried entering that but Finicky barfed when I saved:
2022-02-16 09:27:09 - Configuration: Error: Expected "module.exports.handlers[0].browser" to be function(options), {
"name": "string",
"appType": "appPath, appName or bundleId",
"openInBackground": "boolean",
"profile": "string",
"args": "array"
}, string or null or array

Here's the full config file for reference:
module.exports = {
defaultBrowser: "Google Chrome",
handlers: [
{
match: finicky.matchDomains(['app.asana.com']),
url: ({ url }) => {
const originalPath = encodeURIComponent(url.pathname);
const rewritePath = '/-/desktop_app_link?path=${originalPath}';
return ({
...url,
pathname: rewritePath,
});
},
},
{
match: [
"https://.zoom.us", // match zoom urls

  ],
  browser: "/Applications/zoom.us.app"
},
{
  match: finicky.matchHostnames(['teams.microsoft.com']),
  browser: 'com.microsoft.teams',
  url({ url }) {
    return {
      ...url,
      protocol: 'msteams',
    };
  },
},

]
}

[maciejb]

I had success with Asana by rewriting the protocol and host components of the URL as follows:

module.exports = {
    defaultBrowser: "Safari",

    handlers: [{
        match: "https://app.asana.com/*",
        browser: "com.electron.asana",
        url: ({url}) => {
            return ({
                ...url,
                protocol: "asanadesktop",
                host: "/app"
            });
        }
    }]
}

[pire]

Thank you @maciejb !

I used your example and modified it a little bit because I had some issues.

1. I changed the match url to https://app.asana.com/0/* because attachments would not download. At least for me, they need to open in the default browser.
2. I appended ?open_in_browser=true to the pathname, otherwise the app would show me the "Opening link in asana - click here to continue in browser" message

So! In case it helps anyone final code is:

module.exports = {
    defaultBrowser: "Safari",

    handlers: [{
      match: 'https://app.asana.com/0/*',
            browser: 'Asana',
            url: ({ url }) => {
                return {
                    ...url,
                    pathname: url.pathname + '?open_in_browser=true',
                    protocol: 'asanadesktop',
                    host: '/app',
                };
            },
    }]
}

[maciejb]

@pire I was having the same issues lately and couldn't figure it out. Thanks for sharing! :)