added support to open links

Dockerfile

@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ WORKDIR /root
 
 COPY 64gram-desktop-bin-1_1.0.85-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst .
 
-RUN pacman -Sy alsa-utils --noconfirm \
+RUN pacman -Sy alsa-utils xdg-utils socat --noconfirm \
  && pacman -U 64gram-desktop-bin-1_1.0.85-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst --noconfirm \
  && rm -rfv 64gram-desktop-bin-1_1.0.85-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst /var/cache/pacman/pkg/*
 
+COPY xdg-open-listener.sh /usr/sbin/xdg-open
+RUN chmod +x /usr/sbin/xdg-open
+
 CMD telegram-desktop

README.md

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ services:
     image: git.shihaam.dev/dockerfiles/64gram
     environment:
       - DISPLAY  # For GUI access
+      - XDG_OPEN_LISTENER_PORT=6969 # Set this to port number of socat server
+      - XDG_OPEN_LISTENER_HOST=192.168.x.x # set this to your host machine IP
     devices:
       - /dev/snd:/dev/snd  # Mic and Speaker support
       - /dev/video0:/dev/video0  # Webcam support
@@ -30,4 +32,7 @@ services:
 ```
 and run `podman-compose up -d` or if you wanna live dangerously then you may..: `docker compose up -d`
 
+Telegram cannot open links from the container to host machine, and to work around that is this command
+`socat TCP-LISTEN:$XDG_OPEN_LISTENER_PORT,fork EXEC:"xargs -n 1 xdg-open"`
+
 k, thanks, bye

docker-compose.yml

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ services:
     image: git.shihaam.dev/dockerfiles/64gram
     environment:
       - DISPLAY  # For GUI access
+      - XDG_OPEN_LISTENER_PORT=6969 # Set this to port number of socat server
+      - XDG_OPEN_LISTENER_HOST=192.168.x.x # set this to your host machine IP
     devices:
       - /dev/snd:/dev/snd  # Mic and Speaker support
       - /dev/video0:/dev/video0  # Webcam support

xdg-open-listener.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo $1 | socat - TCP:$XDG_OPEN_LISTENER_HOST:$XDG_OPEN_LISTENER_PORT