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Share Links

A share link opens Harbor's New Post composer with the text already filled in. The user still reviews the content and presses Post.

For example, Share these docs.

https://harbor.social/intent/compose?text=...&url=...

Both parameters are optional:

  • text: the post text, such as the page title or a short comment. It can contain links too.
  • url: a link to add after the text, if you'd rather keep it separate.

A post is up to 2000 characters, counting the link.

On a phone with the Harbor app installed, the link opens the app instead of the website.

You can use a share link for a "Share on Harbor" button on your website.

Encoding​

Encode each value with encodeURIComponent (or your language's equivalent), so spaces, &, #, + and line breaks survive:

const shareUrl =
  'https://harbor.social/intent/compose' +
  `?text=${encodeURIComponent(document.title)}` +
  `&url=${encodeURIComponent(location.href)}`;