gtk: open non-file URLs using the XDG Desktop Portal

Use the XDG Desktop Portal OpenURI DBus method to open non-file URLs.
File URLs use a separate DBus method and are not handled here. If the
DBus method call fails or the URL is a file URL, use the cross-platform
fallback to open the URL.
This commit is contained in:
Jeffrey C. Ollie
2025-07-08 21:35:39 -05:00
parent 37c2c3a4ba
commit f86a9f60f9
3 changed files with 478 additions and 5 deletions

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@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ const ClipboardConfirmationWindow = @import("ClipboardConfirmationWindow.zig");
const CloseDialog = @import("CloseDialog.zig");
const GlobalShortcuts = @import("GlobalShortcuts.zig");
const Split = @import("Split.zig");
const OpenURI = @import("portal.zig").OpenURI;
const inspector = @import("inspector.zig");
const key = @import("key.zig");
const winprotopkg = @import("winproto.zig");
@ -104,6 +105,8 @@ custom_css_providers: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(*gtk.CssProvider) = .{},
global_shortcuts: ?GlobalShortcuts,
open_uri: OpenURI = undefined,
/// The timer used to quit the application after the last window is closed.
quit_timer: union(enum) {
off: void,
@ -447,6 +450,8 @@ pub fn init(self: *App, core_app: *CoreApp, opts: Options) !void {
.css_provider = css_provider,
.global_shortcuts = .init(core_app.alloc, gio_app),
};
try self.open_uri.init(self);
}
// Terminate the application. The application will not be restarted after
@ -470,6 +475,7 @@ pub fn terminate(self: *App) void {
if (self.global_shortcuts) |*shortcuts| shortcuts.deinit();
self.config.deinit();
self.open_uri.deinit();
}
/// Perform a given action. Returns `true` if the action was able to be
@ -1793,17 +1799,32 @@ fn openConfig(self: *App) !bool {
}
fn openUrl(
app: *App,
self: *App,
value: apprt.action.OpenUrl,
) void {
// TODO: use https://flatpak.github.io/xdg-desktop-portal/docs/doc-org.freedesktop.portal.OpenURI.html
if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, value.url, "/")) {
self.openUrlFallback(value.kind, value.url);
return;
}
if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, value.url, "file://")) {
self.openUrlFallback(value.kind, value.url);
return;
}
self.open_uri.start(value) catch |err| {
log.err("unable to open uri err={}", .{err});
self.openUrlFallback(value.kind, value.url);
return;
};
}
pub fn openUrlFallback(self: *App, kind: apprt.action.OpenUrl.Kind, url: []const u8) void {
// Fallback to the minimal cross-platform way of opening a URL.
// This is always a safe fallback and enables for example Windows
// to open URLs (GTK on Windows via WSL is a thing).
internal_os.open(
app.core_app.alloc,
value.kind,
value.url,
self.core_app.alloc,
kind,
url,
) catch |err| log.warn("unable to open url: {}", .{err});
}

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src/apprt/gtk/portal.zig Normal file
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@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
const std = @import("std");
const gio = @import("gio");
const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
pub const OpenURI = @import("portal/OpenURI.zig");
/// Generate a token suitable for use in requests to the XDG Desktop Portal
pub fn generateToken() usize {
return std.crypto.random.int(usize);
}
/// Get the XDG portal request path for the current Ghostty instance.
///
/// If this sounds like nonsense, see `request` for an explanation as to
/// why we need to do this.
pub fn getRequestPath(alloc: Allocator, dbus: *gio.DBusConnection, token: usize) (Allocator.Error || error{NoDBusUniqueName})![:0]const u8 {
// See https://flatpak.github.io/xdg-desktop-portal/docs/doc-org.freedesktop.portal.Request.html
// for the syntax XDG portals expect.
const token_string = try std.fmt.allocPrint(alloc, "{x:0>16}", .{token});
defer alloc.free(token_string);
const unique_name = try alloc.dupe(u8, std.mem.span(dbus.getUniqueName() orelse {
return error.NoDBusUniqueName;
})[1..]);
defer alloc.free(unique_name);
// Sanitize the unique name by replacing every `.` with `_`.
// In effect, this will turn a unique name like `:1.192` into `1_192`.
std.mem.replaceScalar(u8, unique_name, '.', '_');
const object_path = try std.mem.joinZ(
alloc,
"/",
&.{
"/org/freedesktop/portal/desktop/request",
unique_name, // Remove leading `:`
token_string,
},
);
return object_path;
}
/// Try and parse the token out of a request path.
pub fn parseRequestPath(request_path: []const u8) ?usize {
const index = std.mem.lastIndexOfScalar(u8, request_path, '/') orelse return null;
const token = request_path[index + 1 ..];
return std.fmt.parseUnsigned(usize, token, 16) catch return null;
}

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//! Use DBus to call the XDG Desktop Portal to open an URI.
//! See: https://flatpak.github.io/xdg-desktop-portal/docs/doc-org.freedesktop.portal.OpenURI.html#org-freedesktop-portal-openuri-openuri
const OpenURI = @This();
const std = @import("std");
const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
const gio = @import("gio");
const glib = @import("glib");
const gobject = @import("gobject");
const App = @import("../App.zig");
const portal = @import("../portal.zig");
const apprt = @import("../../../apprt.zig");
const log = std.log.scoped(.openuri);
/// The GTK app that we "belong" to.
app: *App,
/// Connection to the D-Bus session bus that we'll use for all of our messaging.
dbus: *gio.DBusConnection,
/// Mutex to protect modification of the entries map or the cleanup timer.
mutex: std.Thread.Mutex = .{},
/// Map to store data about any in-flight calls to the portal.
entries: std.AutoHashMapUnmanaged(usize, Entry) = .empty,
/// Used to manage a timer to clean up any orphan entries in the map.
cleanup_timer: ?c_uint = null,
/// Data about any in-flight calls to the portal.
pub const Entry = struct {
/// When the request started.
start: std.time.Instant,
/// A token used by the portal to identify requests and responses. The actual
/// format of the token does not really matter as long as it can be used as
/// part of a D-Bus object path. `usize` was chosen since it's easy to hash and
/// to generate random tokens.
token: usize,
/// The "kind" of URI. Unused here, but we may need to pass it on to the fallback
/// URL opener if the D-Bus method fails.
kind: apprt.action.OpenUrl.Kind,
/// A copy of the URI that we are opening. We need our own copy since the method
/// calls are asynchronous and the original may have been freed by the time we need
/// it.
uri: [:0]const u8,
/// Used to manage a scription to a D-Bus signal, which is how the Portal
/// reports results of the method call.
subscription: ?c_uint = null,
pub fn deinit(self: *Entry, alloc: Allocator) void {
alloc.free(self.uri);
}
};
pub const Errors = error{
DBusConnectionRequired,
NoDBusUniqueName,
PutFailed,
};
pub fn init(
self: *OpenURI,
app: *App,
) error{DBusConnectionRequired}!void {
const gio_app = app.app.as(gio.Application);
const dbus = gio_app.getDbusConnection() orelse {
return error.DBusConnectionRequired;
};
self.* = .{
.app = app,
.dbus = dbus,
};
}
/// Send the D-Bus method call to the XDG Desktop portal. The result of the
/// method call will be reported asynchronously.
pub fn start(self: *OpenURI, value: apprt.action.OpenUrl) (Allocator.Error || Errors)!void {
const alloc = self.app.core_app.alloc;
const token = portal.generateToken();
self.mutex.lock();
defer self.mutex.unlock();
try self.entries.putNoClobber(alloc, token, .{
.start = std.time.Instant.now() catch @panic("can't get the current time!"),
.token = token,
.kind = value.kind,
.uri = try alloc.dupeZ(u8, value.url),
});
const entry = self.entries.getPtr(token) orelse {
return error.PutFailed;
};
self.startCleanupTimer();
try self.subscribeToResponse(entry);
try self.sendRequest(entry);
}
pub fn deinit(self: *OpenURI) void {
const alloc = self.app.core_app.alloc;
var it = self.entries.valueIterator();
while (it.next()) |value| {
value.deinit(alloc);
}
self.entries.deinit(alloc);
}
/// Subscribe to the D-Bus signal that will contain the results of our method
/// call to the portal. This must be called with the mutex locked.
fn subscribeToResponse(self: *OpenURI, entry: *Entry) (Allocator.Error || Errors)!void {
const alloc = self.app.core_app.alloc;
if (entry.subscription != null) return;
const request_path = try portal.getRequestPath(alloc, self.dbus, entry.token);
defer alloc.free(request_path);
entry.subscription = self.dbus.signalSubscribe(
null,
"org.freedesktop.portal.Request",
"Response",
request_path,
null,
.{},
responseReceived,
self,
null,
);
}
// Unsubscribe to the D-Bus signal that contains the result of the method call.
// This will prevent a response from being processed multiple times. This must
// be called when the mutex is locked.
fn unsubscribeFromResponse(self: *OpenURI, entry: *Entry) void {
// Unsubscribe from the response signal
if (entry.subscription) |subscription| {
self.dbus.signalUnsubscribe(subscription);
entry.subscription = null;
}
}
/// Send the D-Bus method call to the portal. The mutex must be locked when this
/// is called.
fn sendRequest(self: *OpenURI, entry: *Entry) Allocator.Error!void {
const alloc = self.app.core_app.alloc;
const payload = payload: {
const builder_type = glib.VariantType.new("(ssa{sv})");
defer glib.free(builder_type);
// Initialize our builder to build up our parameters
var builder: glib.VariantBuilder = undefined;
builder.init(builder_type);
// parent window - empty string means we have no window
builder.add("s", "");
// URI to open
builder.add("s", entry.uri.ptr);
// Options
{
const options = glib.VariantType.new("a{sv}");
defer glib.free(options);
builder.open(options);
defer builder.close();
{
const option = glib.VariantType.new("{sv}");
defer glib.free(option);
builder.open(option);
defer builder.close();
builder.add("s", "handle_token");
const token = try std.fmt.allocPrintZ(alloc, "{x:0<16}", .{entry.token});
defer alloc.free(token);
const handle_token = glib.Variant.newString(token.ptr);
builder.add("v", handle_token);
}
{
const option = glib.VariantType.new("{sv}");
defer glib.free(option);
builder.open(option);
defer builder.close();
builder.add("s", "writable");
const writable = glib.Variant.newBoolean(@intFromBool(false));
builder.add("v", writable);
}
{
const option = glib.VariantType.new("{sv}");
defer glib.free(option);
builder.open(option);
defer builder.close();
builder.add("s", "ask");
const ask = glib.Variant.newBoolean(@intFromBool(false));
builder.add("v", ask);
}
}
break :payload builder.end();
};
// We're expecting an object path back from the method call.
const reply_type = glib.VariantType.new("(o)");
defer glib.free(reply_type);
self.dbus.call(
"org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop",
"/org/freedesktop/portal/desktop",
"org.freedesktop.portal.OpenURI",
"OpenURI",
payload,
reply_type,
.{},
-1,
null,
requestCallback,
self,
);
}
/// Process the result of the original method call. Receiving this result does
/// not indicate that the that the method call succeeded but it may contain an
/// error message that is useful to log for debugging purposes.
fn requestCallback(
_: ?*gobject.Object,
result: *gio.AsyncResult,
ud: ?*anyopaque,
) callconv(.c) void {
const self: *OpenURI = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ud orelse return));
var err_: ?*glib.Error = null;
defer if (err_) |err| err.free();
const reply_ = self.dbus.callFinish(result, &err_);
if (err_) |err| {
log.err("Open URI request failed={s} ({})", .{
err.f_message orelse "(unknown)",
err.f_code,
});
return;
}
const reply = reply_ orelse {
log.err("D-Bus method call returned a null value!", .{});
return;
};
defer reply.unref();
const reply_type = glib.VariantType.new("(o)");
defer glib.free(reply_type);
if (reply.isOfType(reply_type) == 0) {
log.warn("Reply from D-Bus method call does not contain an object path!", .{});
return;
}
var object_path_: ?[*:0]const u8 = null;
reply.get("(o)", &object_path_);
const object_path = object_path_ orelse {
log.err("D-Bus method call did not return an object path", .{});
return;
};
const token = portal.parseRequestPath(std.mem.span(object_path)) orelse {
log.warn("Unable to parse token from the object path {s}", .{object_path});
return;
};
// Check to see if the request path returned matches a token that we sent.
self.mutex.lock();
defer self.mutex.unlock();
if (!self.entries.contains(token)) {
log.warn("Token {x:0<16} not found in the map!", .{token});
}
}
/// Handle the response signal from the portal. This should contain the actual
/// results of the method call (success or failure).
fn responseReceived(
_: *gio.DBusConnection,
_: ?[*:0]const u8,
object_path: [*:0]const u8,
_: [*:0]const u8,
_: [*:0]const u8,
params: *glib.Variant,
ud: ?*anyopaque,
) callconv(.c) void {
const self: *OpenURI = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ud orelse {
log.err("OpenURI response received with null userdata", .{});
return;
}));
const alloc = self.app.core_app.alloc;
const token = portal.parseRequestPath(std.mem.span(object_path)) orelse {
log.warn("invalid object path: {s}", .{std.mem.span(object_path)});
return;
};
self.mutex.lock();
defer self.mutex.unlock();
var entry = (self.entries.fetchRemove(token) orelse {
log.warn("no entry for token {x:0<16}", .{token});
return;
}).value;
log.warn("removed {x:0<16} from the map", .{entry.token});
defer entry.deinit(alloc);
self.unsubscribeFromResponse(&entry);
var response: u32 = 0;
var results: ?*glib.Variant = null;
params.get("(u@a{sv})", &response, &results);
switch (response) {
0 => {
log.debug("open uri successful", .{});
},
1 => {
log.debug("open uri request was cancelled by the user", .{});
},
2 => {
log.warn("open uri request ended unexpectedly", .{});
self.app.openUrlFallback(entry.kind, entry.uri);
},
else => {
log.err("unrecognized response code={}", .{response});
self.app.openUrlFallback(entry.kind, entry.uri);
},
}
}
/// Wait this number of seconds and then clean up any orphaned entries.
const cleanup_timeout = 30;
// this must be called with the mutex locked
fn stopCleanupTimer(self: *OpenURI) void {
if (self.cleanup_timer) |timer| {
if (glib.Source.remove(timer) == 0) {
log.warn("unable to remove cleanup timer source={d}", .{timer});
}
self.cleanup_timer = null;
}
}
// this must be called with the mutex locked
fn startCleanupTimer(self: *OpenURI) void {
self.stopCleanupTimer();
self.cleanup_timer = glib.timeoutAddSeconds(cleanup_timeout + 1, cleanup, self);
}
/// The cleanup timer is used to free up any entries that may have failed
/// to get a response in a timely manner.
fn cleanup(ud: ?*anyopaque) callconv(.c) c_int {
const self: *OpenURI = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ud orelse {
log.warn("cleanup called with null userdata", .{});
return @intFromBool(glib.SOURCE_REMOVE);
}));
self.mutex.lock();
defer self.mutex.unlock();
self.cleanup_timer = null;
const now = std.time.Instant.now() catch @panic("unable to get time!");
var it = self.entries.valueIterator();
while (it.next()) |entry| {
if (now.since(entry.start) > cleanup_timeout * std.time.ns_per_s) {
self.unsubscribeFromResponse(entry);
_ = self.entries.remove(entry.token);
}
}
return @intFromBool(glib.SOURCE_REMOVE);
}