How do I embed an invoice/webln/bolt link so I can test the prompt? about joule-extension

[wbobeirne]

Can you share the code for your link? Joule tries to intercept clicks on links that start with lightning:, you can read the code here: https://github.com/joule-labs/joule-extension/blob/develop/src/content_script/index.ts#L48-L67

Unfortunately this is really finnicky; browsers don't let you intercept link open intents so certain ways of opening links don't work (e.g. window.location.href = 'lightning:... or window.replace('lightning:...')) so this only works on clicking <a> tag links.

[wbobeirne]

The issue was that my link started with ln...

Ah yeah every link needs to start with [protocol]:[value] regardless of what it's linking to. For instance mailto:[email protected] or bitcoin:bitcoin:175tWpb8K1S7NmH4Zx6rewF9WQrcZv245W. It's not a valid URI if it doesn't include the protocol and a colon first, in this case lightning:ln....

[spirobel]

wow thanks a lot! that is really straight forward. Yesterday I looked up how browser plugins can handle custom protocols so I immediately understood the code. The issue was that my link started with ln... I just copy and pasted it from joule. I didnt know that I would have to add lightning in front, but in hindsight it makes a lot of sense.
I will retry and check if it works with the protocol: in front.

Thanks a lot! Joule is really cool!