Open URL on Client Device

Feature Requests
1

As has been discussed in forums, a simple Action to open a webpage on the client device would be very useful. I myself, would like to open an Octoprint client in a new tab on the client device.

2

Not sure if I get you wrong but this is already a feature:

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3

Sorry if I was not clear. I do not wish to open the webpage within a Lovelace card, I need to open the URL in a new tab on the client. Additionally, the method you show opens the URL on the host machine not the client ( I tried that). I am running a Raspi host and accessing HA and Octoprint from my Mac.

4

Clicking on the card I created opens a new tab for me on desktop or my browser when used from the official companion app on mobile.

What exactly is the host machine for you? The Pi yourā€™e running HA on? My HA is running in a VM on Proxmox and I access it from any client by browser with the expected behaviour described above.

5

I am not sure why we got different results. My HA host is a Raspberry Pi 4. My Octopi host is a Raspberry Pi 3b. I tried using other methods like Tap Action and Service Calls, and one, which I cannot remember, clearly stated that the URL was ā€˜Not Foundā€™ so I am sure it was looking on the HA host, not the Octopi host. I am not well-skilled in these areas, so I may not explain things accurately. Perhaps the fact that you are running HA on a VM makes a difference? Although this is only a minor convenience having this feature, I kind of got intrigued with tying to make it work. People like us must solve problems it seems :slight_smile:

6

Ah I think I know the problem that you have. I assume the way I went does open a new tab for you too? If so, you should check the url you enter. It needs to start with http:// or https:// as far as I know. Also, you need to make sure you select ā€œURLā€ as tap action and not ā€œNavigateā€ by accident (which would indeed try to navigate within HA).

7

What card is that?

8

Yes, I did set the URL to include http:// along with my local IP address for the Octopi Raspi server. I also did select ā€˜URLā€™ as the Tap Action.

9

This is the built in button card.

@anthony420 I tested it with an ip Adress just now to make sure there is no difference. Works as expected for me.

10

Thanks so much for trying to help. I think this is one of those strange ones. Iā€™m sure at some point it will get sorted out but for me it was a minor convenience and nothing critical so I can certainly live without it.
Anthony

11

Is it possible to share the yaml config of the card, that gives a clearer view of how you configured it.
The button itself should be the culprit, the config however can be a bit cluncky when a type exists.

just to check, if you copy the url youā€™ve entered in the card and paste it into your adress bar manually, it opens fine?

12

For reasons I will never understand, the button suddenly does what I want. Up to this point, it opened a new instance of the HA home page. Today, it opens Octoprint. In any case, here is the yaml code:

show_name: true
show_icon: true
type: button
tap_action:
  action: url
  url_path: http://192.168.2.45/
name: Call Octoprint CR-10
icon: mdi:button-pointer

And yes, the URL was, at all times, working from my browser of course.
thanks for your help,
Anthony

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13

Donā€™t know how long you are already fighting with itā€¦
I sometimes remember myself, after being sure that I have edited something, to give my browser a full refresh of the page :slight_smile: maybe something in the cache not rendering well.

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