function identifyProtocolHandler(url) {
  //console.log("looking for handler-able requests")
  if (routerHost(url)) {
    if (url.includes(encodeURIComponent("ext+rc:"))) {
      return url.replace(encodeURIComponent("ext+rc:"), "");
    } else if (url.includes("ext+rc:")) {
      return url.replace("ext+rc:", "");
    }
  } else if (url.includes("ext+rc:")) {
    return url;
  }
  return false;
}

function trimHost(url) {
  let hostname = "";
  let prefix = "";
  if (url.indexOf("://") > -1) {
    prefix = url.substr(0, url.indexOf("://") + 3);
    hostname = url.split("/")[2];
  } else {
    hostname = url.split("/")[0];
  }
  let path = url.replace(prefix + hostname, "");
  console.log("(handler) path", prefix + hostname, path);
  return path;
}

var handlerSetup = async function(requestDetails) {
  //console.log("checking protocol handler listener")
  var rwurl = identifyProtocolHandler(requestDetails.url);
  if (rwurl != false) {
    console.log("(handler) rewrite URL requested", rwurl);
    requestDetails.redirectUrl = rwurl;
    requestDetails.url = trimHost(rwurl);
    requestDetails.originUrl = trimHost(rwurl);
  }
  return requestDetails;
};

browser.webRequest.onBeforeRequest.addListener(
  handlerSetup,
  { urls: ["<all_urls>"] },
  ["blocking"]
);