Add External URL Extensions

This article describes how to add an external URL extension to your app in the app dashboard.

Add an external URL extension to your app

Do the following to add the extension:

1. Build your app using the technologies of your choice. Make sure your app:
   • Is hosted on a publicly accessible server.
   • Is served on an https URL, not an http one. For security reasons, the app dashboard does not support making requests to non-https servers.
2. Select an app from the Custom Apps page in your Wix Studio workspace.
3. Go to Extensions and click Create Extension.
4. In the Choose the extension you want to create modal, select External URL and click Create.
5. On the External URL extension configuration page, fill in the following fields:

Field

Description

Page Info > Page URL

Required. Your app server’s address. When a site admin opens your app from the Manage Apps page in their site dashboard, this address is opened in a new browser tab. The app instance data is attached to the URL of the new browser tab as an encoded query parameter, instance, so that you can identify the site owner when they launch your service. Note: For security reasons, your app must be hosted on an https address.

6. Click Save to save your changes.

Once your app is installed on a site, a site admin can access your service by clicking Apps > Manage Apps in the sidebar menu of their site dashboard, and clicking Open next to your app.

See also

• About External URL Extensions