Section 17: URL Handling

TouchTerm includes the ability to handle "ssh://" URLs. These can be used by other apps to automatically launch TouchTerm when needing to connect to SSH sessions, or be used by creating webpage-links that will luanch TouchTerm with the indicated information.

TouchTerm supports URLs that conform to RFC 1808, of the form:

        ssh://{user@}host{:port}
      

In other words, you may optionally specify the username and/or the port of the server you wish to connect to. Also, instead of using a hostname, you may use a profile name for the host part of the URL, and TouchTerm will use that stored profile (if it is available).

If enough information is provided, TouchTerm will automatically initiate the connection to the indicated URL; otherwise, TouchTerm will launch into the "One-Time Connection" screen to request the other information that is required.

Finally, TouchTerm will also scan your saved connection profiles for any profile with server settings that match the indicated parameters. If a match is found, TT will use the saved profile to connect (which may include using your saved password, or associated SSH authentication key).