Allow specifying home server in URL

[jooize]

Scenario

Group wants to run home server for Matrix IDs with their domain, but rather trust the officially hosted Riot client. They want to redirect chat.group.com to https://riot.im/app/#/login and have matrix.group.com already entered into home server so nobody has to write it manually.

Solution

https://riot.im/app/#/login?home_server=matrix.group.com

chat.group.com → https://riot.im/app/#/login?home_server=matrix.group.com

Would you agree to assume HTTPS and port 8448? Otherwise, how should it be done?

[uhoreg]

This should already be possible using the hs_url parameter (matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#716). (e.g. https://riot.im/app/#/login?hs_url=..., where the parameter value is whatever you would put in the custom homeserver field)

[melroy89]

Looks like this hs_url parameter isn't working at all.. Please, tell me what I'm doing wrong:

https://app.element.io/?default_hs_url=https://matrix.melroy.org#/login

[uhoreg]

@Danger89 the parameter broke during the redesign a couple of years ago. The issue to follow is #5469