Outline-cli does not support ssconf:// link

[databasd]

I've built outline-cli from source as described in the readme, however, I get the following error when providing `ssconf://' argument:

failed to create OutlineDevice: config must start with 'ss://'

Is support for this functionality coming soon?

[jyyi1]

Hi @databasd , Outline CLI can't use "ssconf://" yet. We do plan to add support for it someday. You may also fork the project and contribute to the corresponding code to support this feature.

[databasd]

Hi. I would contribute but where is the reference code for parsing ssconf:// in the gui application ?

[jyyi1]

Hi @databasd ,

Thanks for being willing to help! Our dynamic key parsing logic is implemented in TypeScript, and we need to convert it to Golang:

1. Change ssconf://<my-dynamic-key> to HTTPS URL https://<my-dynamic-key>
2. Fetch the HTTPS URL, you may use Golang's http package to accomplish that
3. Process the response:
   3a. If it's a static Outline key (starts with ss://), simple reuse the existing Go implementation for parsing it
   3b. If it's a JSON object ({ "method": "...", "password": "...", "server": "...", "server_port": ..., "prefix": "..." }, where prefix is optional), you may either use json.Unmarshal to parse the object and construct the shadowsocksConfig object, or you may convert the JSON back into a static Outline key (ss://) and jump to step 3a.

Feel free to create a draft pull request to get the discussion started. We can work on the details together.

Please note that, you can start using your implementation even before the review is complete.

[pmoieni]

Hi @jyyi1 ,
opened a PR for this but I'd like to discuss the issues I'm currently facing