There are some link redirect services that obscure the original link. I would love for Switchbar to process and act on the target link instead of the original one (like it can already with some link shorteners)
For example, in this example, the original intended link is “https://www.link.com”:
Would it be possible for Switchbar to parse out the original URL from the “Safelinks” redirect service and act on the original URL instead of the original redirector URL?
(1) Any safelink redirector URL will have a “url” parameter with the URL-encoded URL it redirects to. The rest of the parameters are not needed in order to know the redirect URL.
For example, look at the url parameter value in this. That is the real target URL (in this case the webcatalog site)
Here’s another example. I get these all the time, but because they all start with the same “nam…” url, the real target of the links (in this case the “theinformation” website) are obscured. But if you just parse the link and look for the ‘url’ variable, it contains the real original URL to which the “safelinks” service will redirect. That is the URL that should be used for Switchbar rule making.
I second this. Desperately needed if using outlook of any kind. Maybe a regex manipulator or something, but the whole safelinks thing is really really needed.
where “DataCenterLocation” represents a regional identifier (for example, “nam01” for North America)
All legitimate Microsoft Safe Links will use a subdomain of safelinks.protection.outlook.com as their base domain.You will not see Safe Links with any other domain, and Safe Links protection does not use alternative top-level domains or unrelated brand names. Only variations in the subdomain (such as “nam01”, “eur02”, etc.) will precede the main protection domain.
Hi, I’m using Switchbar 27.2.0 for Windows. It does not appear to have any support for safelinks. When I click a link in Outlook, I get prompted based on the safelink rather then the real link it redirects to.
”remember this choice for nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook…”. If I choose to remember a browser, it’s going to do the same browser for all Outlook links because they are all hidden behind the safelinks redirector. That’s the problem.
Oh, sorry to mention, I found another form of safelinks with a different URL format. It’s for when you click a link in Microsoft Teams. Looks like this. Hopefully not hard to add in the next version…
