# Deep Linking for desktop apps

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/deep-linking-for-desktop-apps/1365>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [June 7, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/deep-linking-for-desktop-apps/1365 "2018-06-07T18:21:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Jose\_Martins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@Jose\_Martins](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/Jose_Martins)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/deep-linking-for-desktop-apps/1365/1 "2018-06-07T18:21:38Z")

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Hey!

Use case: share a link with other users of only Zoom desktop app which they can click and opens Zoom app right away, without the need of the browser.

This is done by deep linking. I’ve found another question [on this](https://devforum.zoom.us/hc/en-us/community/posts/360007336163-Deep-Linking?input_string=Deep%20Linking%20for%20desktop%20apps) however it does not answer my question. If I click this link in my OS (macOS): zoomus://zoom.us/join?confno=1111111111 the system asks me to select an app to open it, and if I select Zoom, it works perfectly. However, for some reason Zoom isn’t detecting the deep link automatically.

Question here is: what is the deep link correct format? Any doc I can check?

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Thanks!

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**Author:** ![TimZoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/timzoom/32/978_2.png) [@TimZoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/TimZoom)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/deep-linking-for-desktop-apps/1365/2 "2018-06-07T21:38:40Z")

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This is a somewhat limiting factor in the OS, unfortunately. MacOS should have the ability to “remember” your choice, but it will ask each time for security reasons.&nbsp;

Which OS and version of the OS are you using?

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**Author:** ![Jose\_Martins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@Jose\_Martins](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/Jose_Martins)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 3:03pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/deep-linking-for-desktop-apps/1365/3 "2018-06-08T15:03:39Z")

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I don’t think you should need to “remember” the choice. Idea here is to have the Zoom app subscribe to any `zoomus://` links. There are several native apps that do this, for example [message://message=cenas](http://message//message=cenas) will open the Mail app, without the need to open a browser or manually stating “remember to always open with this app”.

From my tests I see that Zoom already knows how to parse the url [zoomus://zoom.us/join?confno=1111111111](http://zoomus//zoom.us/join?confno=1111111111) which is the biggest piece of functionality. Only missing part is that when I click on it, the app listens to that url and opens it.

This to say, the OS should have nothing to do with it.

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**Author:** ![TimZoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/timzoom/32/978_2.png) [@TimZoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/TimZoom)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/deep-linking-for-desktop-apps/1365/4 "2018-06-08T17:36:05Z")

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Thanks Jose, I will report this to our client team.&nbsp;

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**Author:** ![DeveloperBot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/developerbot/32/12632_2.png) [@DeveloperBot](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/DeveloperBot)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/deep-linking-for-desktop-apps/1365/5 "2020-08-21T17:43:05Z")

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Closed on August 21, 2020, 5:43pm UTC