[BUG] Can't pass magnet link to container via Desktop file

[zadca123]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Current Behavior

Nothing happens

Expected Behavior

Torrent is added to the list

Steps To Reproduce

1. Create desktop file like this at ~/.local/share/applications/torrent.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/magnet;
NoDisplay=true
Name=LinuxServerTransmission
Exec=docker exec -it transmission transmission-remote -a %U

2. Add it to the ~/.config/mimeapps.list

[Default Applications]
x-scheme-handler/magnet=torrent.desktop;
application/x-bittorrent=torrent.desktop;

3. Enter any torrent site and click GetMagnet or something like this.

Environment

- OS: debian 12
- How docker service was installed: apt

CPU architecture

x86-64

Docker creation

docker-compose up

---
services:
  transmission:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/transmission:latest
    container_name: transmission
    environment:
      - PUID=1001
      - PGID=1001
      - TZ=Europe/Warsaw
      - TRANSMISSION_WEB_HOME= #optional
      - USER= #optional
      - PASS= #optional
      - WHITELIST= #optional
      - PEERPORT= #optional
      - HOST_WHITELIST= #optional
    volumes:
      - ./config:/config
      - ${HOME}/Torrents/finished:/downloads/complete
      - ${HOME}/Torrents/unfinished/:/downloads/incomplete
      - ${HOME}/Downloads:/watch
    ports:
      - 9091:9091
      - 51413:51413
      - 51413:51413/udp
    restart: unless-stopped

### Container logs

```bash
[migrations] started
[migrations] no migrations found
───────────────────────────────────────

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      ██║     ███████╗██║██║   ██║
      ██║     ╚════██║██║██║   ██║
      ███████╗███████║██║╚██████╔╝
      ╚══════╝╚══════╝╚═╝ ╚═════╝ 

   Brought to you by linuxserver.io
───────────────────────────────────────

To support LSIO projects visit:
https://www.linuxserver.io/donate/

───────────────────────────────────────
GID/UID
───────────────────────────────────────

User UID:    1000
User GID:    1000
───────────────────────────────────────

[custom-init] No custom files found, skipping...
[ls.io-init] done.
localhost:9091/transmission/rpc/ responded: success
Closing transmission session... done.
[migrations] started
[migrations] no migrations found
usermod: no changes
───────────────────────────────────────

      ██╗     ███████╗██╗ ██████╗ 
      ██║     ██╔════╝██║██╔═══██╗
      ██║     ███████╗██║██║   ██║
      ██║     ╚════██║██║██║   ██║
      ███████╗███████║██║╚██████╔╝
      ╚══════╝╚══════╝╚═╝ ╚═════╝ 

   Brought to you by linuxserver.io
───────────────────────────────────────

To support LSIO projects visit:
https://www.linuxserver.io/donate/

───────────────────────────────────────
GID/UID
───────────────────────────────────────

User UID:    1000
User GID:    1000
───────────────────────────────────────

[custom-init] No custom files found, skipping...
[ls.io-init] done.

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[drizuid]

transmission-remote -a is for adding a .torrent file, not a magnet link. While you CAN use -a to load a magnet link, iirc it requires some grepping and seding or a more complete uri. Either way, this isn't a container problem, so I am closing this as invalid.