Steam connect integration
I am developing a bot for a discord server and was trying to put some hyperlinks in an embed so that players could click and auto join. Steam uses a special link to join whenever you see a "Join Server" button. The URL looks like `steam://connect/127.0.0.11`. Unfortunately discord doesn't support this URL because it's not a http. I was just hopig this could be added in a future update. Thanks!
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I also want to add a [[Connect]](steam://connect/127.0.0.1:27015) button to showcase my servers. Currently my workaround is to use a url from my own website which redirects to the steam url. Sadly, if the website owner is untrustworthy, then this method is the perfect setup for a MITM attack and puts users at risk. The safest way is to run your own website to redirect with or even better for discord to add this feature and eliminate this risk entirely.
Discord already shows "links are spooky" when you open urls, I think the same could work out for `steam://` urls. Showing something along the lines of "This url opens an external program (Steam) on your machine." would help users be aware of what it does.
Adding support for TeamSpeak's `ts3server://127.0.0.1:9990/` would also be nice.
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Bump
I'm hoping they'll add this.
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Bump. I'm stuck doing the website workaround for now
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Bump, would be very useful
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HI DEVS! =) BUMP!!
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heh, this thread is really strange because I was using steam://connect/*someip* until now, and it was appearing as a link
But now all the steam connect links are appearing just as a text :(
I had a bot which would give you a link to connect to a server
Now it no longer works
My guess is that it was now disabled because it didnt prompt with any confirmation (at least I think it didnt)
But it 100% worked just a while ago for few years
I was using it since 2019 until sometime now :(
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Now:
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