Bump version to 1.0.6

The Web Store dashboard rejects any manifest containing a "key" field
("key field is not allowed in manifest"), but extension/manifest.json
pins one so unpacked/dev installs get a stable ID. Add a third release
asset with key stripped from a copy, so future releases have an
upload-ready zip without touching the pinned manifest.

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -16,12 +16,48 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Package extension
+        # Chrome requires manifest.json at the zip root, both for Web Store
+        # upload and for manually loading unpacked -- so this one archives
+        # only extension/'s contents, not the whole repo. Keeps the pinned
+        # "key" field, so unpacked loads get the stable, predictable ID.
         run: |
           cd extension
-          zip -r "../kget-capture-${GITHUB_REF_NAME}.zip" .
+          zip -r "../kget-capture-extension-${GITHUB_REF_NAME}.zip" .
+
+      - name: Package extension for Web Store upload
+        # The Chrome Web Store dashboard rejects any manifest containing a
+        # "key" field ("key field is not allowed in manifest") -- it assigns
+        # its own permanent ID on first publish instead. Strip it from a
+        # copy so this zip is upload-ready; the other extension zip above
+        # keeps "key" for stable unpacked/dev IDs.
+        run: |
+          rm -rf /tmp/store-extension
+          cp -r extension /tmp/store-extension
+          python3 -c "
+          import json
+          path = '/tmp/store-extension/manifest.json'
+          with open(path) as f:
+              manifest = json.load(f)
+          manifest.pop('key', None)
+          with open(path, 'w') as f:
+              json.dump(manifest, f, indent=2)
+              f.write('\n')
+          "
+          cd /tmp/store-extension
+          zip -r "$OLDPWD/kget-capture-store-${GITHUB_REF_NAME}.zip" .
+
+      - name: Package source
+        # Separately, the native-host installer bundle (install.sh,
+        # native-host/, keys/) needs the whole repo. git archive only
+        # includes tracked files, so the gitignored private key (never
+        # committed) can't end up in it.
+        run: git archive --format=zip -o "kget-capture-${GITHUB_REF_NAME}.zip" HEAD
 
       - name: Create release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
-          files: kget-capture-${{ github.ref_name }}.zip
+          files: |
+            kget-capture-${{ github.ref_name }}.zip
+            kget-capture-extension-${{ github.ref_name }}.zip
+            kget-capture-store-${{ github.ref_name }}.zip
           generate_release_notes: true

README.md

@@ -1,56 +1,99 @@
 # KGet Capture
 
-A Chrome (and other Chromium-browser) extension that sends downloads to
+A Chromium browser extension that sends downloads to
-[KGet](https://apps.kde.org/kget/), KDE's download manager, instead of (or in
+[KGet](https://apps.kde.org/kget/), KDE's download manager, instead of the
-addition to) the browser's built-in downloader.
+browser's built-in downloader.
 
-- Right-click any link, image, video, or audio element and choose
+- Right-click a link/image/video/audio and choose **"Download with KGet"**.
-  **"Download with KGet"** to send it straight to KGet — it starts
+- Or toggle **auto-capture** from the toolbar so every download is handed off
-  downloading immediately into your Downloads folder, no dialog.
+  automatically, with the correct filename.
-- A toolbar toggle enables **auto-capture**: while on, every download Chrome
+- A desktop notification fires when a capture finishes downloading.
-  starts is cancelled and handed off to KGet the same way, automatically,
-  with the correct filename (resolved by Chrome itself, so it's right even
-  for URLs whose path is just an opaque ID). Defaults to ON.
-- A "Download complete" desktop notification appears once a capture actually
-  finishes downloading. This is driven by the extension itself (not KGet's
-  own per-transfer notification, which KGet silently skips for downloads
-  that finish very quickly — see Troubleshooting), so it fires reliably
-  regardless of file size or speed.
 
 ## Requirements
 
-- Linux with KGet installed (and running, or set to autostart)
+- Linux with KGet installed and running (or set to autostart)
-- One of: Google Chrome, Chromium, Brave, Vivaldi, Microsoft Edge
+- A Chromium-based browser: Chrome, Chromium, Brave, Vivaldi, or Edge
-- `python3` and `dbus-send` on `PATH` (standard on virtually all Linux/KDE
+- `python3`, `dbus-send`
-  systems already)
+- `curl` or `wget`, for the one-line remote installer below (skip if you'd
-- `notify-send` (ships with most Linux desktops via libnotify) — optional,
+  rather download and run `install.sh` yourself)
-  only used for the download-complete notification; captures still work
+- `notify-send`, optional, for the completion notification
-  without it, just silently
+- `kwriteconfig6` (KDE Frameworks), optional, silences KGet's own duplicate
-- `kwriteconfig6` (ships with KDE Plasma) — optional, only used to disable
+  notification
-  KGet's own unreliable per-transfer notification so it doesn't double up
+
-  with the extension's; install still works without it
+Install everything on your distro:
+
+**Fedora**
+```bash
+sudo dnf install kget python3 dbus-tools libnotify kf6-kconfig
+```
+
+**Arch / Manjaro**
+```bash
+sudo pacman -S kget python dbus libnotify kconfig
+```
+
+**Debian / Ubuntu / KDE neon**
+```bash
+sudo apt install kget python3 dbus-bin libnotify-bin kf6-kconfig-bin
+```
+
+**openSUSE**
+```bash
+sudo zypper install kget python3 dbus-1 libnotify-tools kconfig-tools
+```
+
+(`notify-send` and `kwriteconfig6` package names shift around between distro
+versions. If a command above fails, drop that one package and search your
+package manager for the binary name instead. Everything else still works
+without them.)
 
 ## Install
 
+1. Install the extension from the Chrome Web Store: **`<CHROME_WEB_STORE_URL>`**
+   *(placeholder, fill in once the listing is live)*.
+2. Click the extension's toolbar icon. The popup detects that the native
+   messaging host isn't set up yet and shows a one-line command; run it in a
+   terminal, then click "I ran it, check again" in the popup:
+   ```bash
+   curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/andwati/kget-capture/main/install-remote.sh | bash
+   ```
+   (or with `wget`: `wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/andwati/kget-capture/main/install-remote.sh | bash`)
+
+   This downloads the latest release and runs its `install.sh`, which
+   registers the native host for every supported browser it finds installed
+   and prints any remaining setup warnings. No git clone required. If you'd
+   rather run it yourself: download and extract `kget-capture-vX.Y.Z.zip`
+   (the source archive, not `kget-capture-extension-vX.Y.Z.zip`) from the
+   [Releases page](https://github.com/andwati/kget-capture/releases), then
+   from inside that folder run `./install.sh` directly.
+3. Open your browser's download settings (`chrome://settings/downloads`,
+   `brave://settings/downloads`, etc.) and turn **off** "Ask where to save
+   each file before downloading". Chrome shows this dialog itself, before the
+   extension gets a chance to intercept the download, so this one-time change
+   is required (no extension API can do it for you).
+
+### Building from source
+
+Contributing, or want to run an unreleased version? Load the extension
+unpacked instead of step 1 above:
+
 ```bash
-git clone <this-repo-url> kget-capture
+git clone https://github.com/andwati/kget-capture.git
 cd kget-capture
 ./install.sh
 ```
 
-`install.sh` registers a native messaging host for every supported browser it
+(Or, for an already-tagged version without cloning: download and extract
-finds installed, then prints the extension's fixed ID and next steps:
+`kget-capture-extension-vX.Y.Z.zip` from the
+[Releases page](https://github.com/andwati/kget-capture/releases) instead.
+It's already just `extension/`'s contents, unpacked at the zip root the way
+Chrome expects. You'll still need `kget-capture-vX.Y.Z.zip` for `install.sh`,
+per step 2 above.)
 
-1. Open `chrome://extensions` (or your browser's equivalent).
+Then in `chrome://extensions`: enable **Developer mode**, click **Load
-2. Enable **Developer mode** (top-right toggle).
+unpacked**, and select the `extension/` directory (from your clone, or the
-3. Click **Load unpacked** and select this repo's `extension/` directory.
+extracted extension zip). `install.sh` prints the extension's fixed ID so
-4. Confirm the loaded extension's ID matches the one `install.sh` printed.
+you can confirm it loaded correctly.
-5. Open `chrome://settings/downloads` (or your browser's equivalent, e.g.
-   `brave://settings/downloads`, `edge://settings/downloads`) and turn **off**
-   "Ask where to save each file before downloading". Chrome shows this dialog
-   itself, before the extension ever gets a chance to intercept the download —
-   no extension API can read or suppress it, so this one-time setting change
-   is required for captures to work without an extra prompt.
 
 ## Usage
 
@@ -64,52 +107,51 @@ finds installed, then prints the extension's fixed ID and next steps:
 ./uninstall.sh
 ```
 
-This removes the native messaging host registrations and the installed host
+Removes the native messaging host registrations and installed host script.
-script. You'll still need to remove the unpacked extension yourself via
+Remove the extension itself via `chrome://extensions` (or the Chrome Web
-`chrome://extensions` — that step can't be scripted.
+Store listing); that step can't be scripted.
 
 ## Releases
 
-Pushing a tag matching `v*.*.*` (e.g. `v1.0.0`) triggers a GitHub Actions
+Prebuilt releases are published on the
-workflow ([.github/workflows/release.yml](.github/workflows/release.yml))
+[Releases page](https://github.com/andwati/kget-capture/releases); each
-that zips `extension/` and publishes it as a GitHub Release with
+`vX.Y.Z` tag push builds and publishes one automatically, as three zips:
-auto-generated release notes. Bump `"version"` in `extension/manifest.json`
-before tagging so the packaged extension's version matches.
 
-```bash
+- `kget-capture-vX.Y.Z.zip`: full source, for `install.sh`/`install-remote.sh`.
-git tag v1.0.0
+- `kget-capture-extension-vX.Y.Z.zip`: just the extension, manifest at the
-git push origin v1.0.0
+  zip root, `key` field intact, for manual "Load unpacked" installs.
-```
+- `kget-capture-store-vX.Y.Z.zip`: same extension, but with `key` stripped,
+  for uploading to the Chrome Web Store dashboard. The Store rejects any
+  manifest containing `key` ("key field is not allowed in manifest") since
+  it assigns its own permanent ID on first publish, which won't match the
+  pinned ID (`keys/extension-id.txt`) the other zips use. After the first
+  successful Store publish, update `native-host/com.kget_capture.host.json`'s
+  `allowed_origins` to include the Store-assigned ID alongside the pinned
+  one, so both installs can reach the native host.
 
 ## Known limitations
 
-- **`blob:`/`data:` URLs can't be captured.** There's no real network URL to
+- **`blob:`/`data:`/`file:`/`filesystem:` URLs can't be captured.** There's
-  hand to KGet, so these downloads proceed normally through Chrome (a console
+  no real network URL to hand to KGet, so these proceed normally through
-  warning is logged in the extension's service worker).
+  Chrome.
 - **Auto-capture has a brief head start.** Manifest V3 removed blocking
   `webRequest`, so Chrome begins the download before the extension can cancel
   it. A small/partial temp file may transiently appear before it's erased.
 - **No editable dialog.** Captures start immediately with no chance to
-  rename the file or pick a different folder beforehand — rename/move it
+  rename the file or pick a folder beforehand: KGet only skips its
-  afterward in KGet or your file manager if needed. This is intentional: KGet
+  interactive dialog when given a destination path up front, so instant
-  only skips its interactive "New Download" dialog when given a real
+  capture and an editable prompt are mutually exclusive.
-  destination path up front, so instant capture and an editable prompt are
+- **Chrome may still show its own "Save As" dialog** if you skipped step 3 of
-  mutually exclusive given KGet's D-Bus API.
+  Install above.
-- **The context-menu capture can't always get the correct filename.**
+- **KGet must already be running.** If it's not, captures fail silently;
-  Auto-capture gets the real filename for free from Chrome's own
+  check the service worker console for the actual error (see
-  `Content-Disposition` resolution. Right-click captures don't have that —
+  Troubleshooting).
-  the extension only has the raw URL — so KGet falls back to guessing from
-  the URL path, which is wrong for opaque/signed URLs (e.g. cloud storage
-  links). Fixing this would require broad host permissions and an extra HTTP
-  request per right-click, which isn't worth it for now.
-- **Chrome may still show its own "Save As" dialog** if you skipped step 5 of
-  Install above — see there for why and how to fix it.
-- **KGet must already be running.** If it's not, captures fail silently from
-  the user's perspective — check the service worker console for the actual
-  error (see Troubleshooting).
 
 ## Troubleshooting
 
+- **`install-remote.sh` fails to look up the latest release?** It queries
+  GitHub's API, which rate-limits unauthenticated requests (60/hour per IP);
+  wait a bit, or fall back to the manual `install.sh` steps in Install above.
 - **Check native host registration:** confirm
   `~/.config/<browser>/NativeMessagingHosts/com.kget_capture.host.json` exists
   and its `path` points at an executable file
@@ -123,19 +165,17 @@ git push origin v1.0.0
   ```
   If this fails with `ServiceUnknown`, KGet isn't running.
 - **Download-complete notification not showing?** Confirm `notify-send` is
-  installed (`command -v notify-send`) — without it, `kget_capture_host.py`
+  installed (`command -v notify-send`); without it, `kget_capture_host.py`
   skips the notification entirely rather than erroring. Otherwise, check that
   the transfer actually reached 100%: `kget_capture_host.py` polls
   `org.kde.kget.transfer.percent` on the new transfer's D-Bus object path
   (e.g. `/KGet/Transfers/9`, printed by the `addTransfer` call above) until it
-  hits 100, so a stuck/erroring transfer never fires one. Note this
+  hits 100, so a stuck/erroring transfer never fires one. This notification
-  notification is separate from KGet's own built-in "Download Finished"
+  is separate from KGet's own built-in "Download Finished" event.
-  event — `install.sh` disables that one (`kwriteconfig6 --file knotifyrc
+  `install.sh` disables that one because KGet only fires it for transfers it
-  --group "Event/kget/finished" --key Action None`) because KGet only fires
+  observed in a non-finished state at least once, so it silently skips
-  it for transfers it observed in a non-finished state at least once, so it
+  small/fast downloads that complete before that first observation.
-  silently skips small/fast downloads that complete before that first
-  observation.
 
 ## License
 
-MIT — see [LICENSE](LICENSE).
+MIT, see [LICENSE](LICENSE).

extension/background.js

@@ -11,6 +11,18 @@ async function refreshBadge() {
   updateBadge(autoCaptureEnabled);
 }
 
+// KGet is a network download manager -- it can't "download" a URL that's
+// already local (or embedded in the page), so don't hand it these schemes.
+// file: shows up when saving a page you navigated to directly (Ctrl+S on a
+// file:// URL is still a "download" as far as chrome.downloads is
+// concerned), and KGet's addTransfer rejects it with a confusing
+// "protocol is not supported" dialog if we try.
+const UNSUPPORTED_SCHEMES = ["blob:", "data:", "file:", "filesystem:"];
+
+function isCapturableUrl(url) {
+  return !UNSUPPORTED_SCHEMES.some((scheme) => url.startsWith(scheme));
+}
+
 function sendToKGet(url, filename) {
   chrome.runtime.sendNativeMessage(
     NATIVE_HOST,
@@ -40,11 +52,35 @@ chrome.runtime.onInstalled.addListener(async (details) => {
   refreshBadge();
 });
 
+// Downloads started from the context menu, tracked so captureDownload()
+// still resolves/forwards their real filename even when auto-capture is
+// toggled off -- a right-click "Download with KGet" should always work.
+const pendingContextMenuDownloads = new Set();
+
 chrome.contextMenus.onClicked.addListener((info) => {
   if (info.menuItemId !== MENU_ID) return;
   const url = info.linkUrl || info.srcUrl;
   if (!url) return;
-  sendToKGet(url, null);
+  if (!isCapturableUrl(url)) {
+    console.warn("[kget-capture] cannot hand a local/embedded URL to KGet:", url);
+    return;
+  }
+  // Route through chrome.downloads instead of sending the raw URL straight
+  // to KGet -- this reuses onDeterminingFilename/captureDownload below to
+  // get Chrome's real resolved filename (Content-Disposition, etc.) instead
+  // of leaving KGet to guess one from the bare URL, which drops query
+  // strings and gets opaque/signed URLs wrong.
+  chrome.downloads.download({ url }, (downloadId) => {
+    if (chrome.runtime.lastError || downloadId === undefined) {
+      console.error(
+        "[kget-capture] couldn't start download to resolve filename, falling back to raw URL:",
+        chrome.runtime.lastError && chrome.runtime.lastError.message
+      );
+      sendToKGet(url, null);
+      return;
+    }
+    pendingContextMenuDownloads.add(downloadId);
+  });
 });
 
 // onDeterminingFilename (rather than onCreated) fires once Chrome has
@@ -59,12 +95,13 @@ chrome.downloads.onDeterminingFilename.addListener((item, suggest) => {
 });
 
 async function captureDownload(item) {
+  const isContextMenuCapture = pendingContextMenuDownloads.delete(item.id);
   const { autoCaptureEnabled } = await chrome.storage.local.get({ autoCaptureEnabled: true });
-  if (!autoCaptureEnabled) return;
+  if (!autoCaptureEnabled && !isContextMenuCapture) return;
 
   const url = item.finalUrl || item.url;
-  if (url.startsWith("blob:") || url.startsWith("data:")) {
+  if (!isCapturableUrl(url)) {
-    console.warn("[kget-capture] cannot redirect blob:/data: URL, letting Chrome handle it:", url);
+    console.warn("[kget-capture] cannot hand a local/embedded URL to KGet, letting Chrome handle it:", url);
     return;
   }
 

extension/manifest.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "manifest_version": 3,
   "name": "KGet Capture",
-  "version": "1.0.2",
+  "version": "1.0.6",
   "description": "Send browser downloads to KGet (KDE Download Manager) on Linux.",
   "key": "MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAtM1nFg5pPd3UBzynUJHj6aUy7bjudZaX9AQTWGMqAX3fXylw1lubSzP1/BaS9ivvgOJg/loyEgzEZlcNPzblFVlg8BqEJ3tntdk2OzYvUs0pUdcPzzyjso9TykCkUUTI7ev8JkreW/FYlinfvNwSYN4/c1s3h8/I6XHtxOdmO1G3bS98+BQaXPldbDmxoKwyWR8u1f8gTO2Mg3GY4BHau3RWf1kgtNzh20p9wE3sEFdWkFu7ArgRCIrWLh6m3O6lolnHQSCWPwtOTx893Qkp9Eu6FwUnoWc8rsYx8sqa0eNCTCS6Kjr1Iu3yEJ5y9390jUiDZTQ/c62ueCTQaYv2bwIDAQAB",
   "permissions": ["downloads", "contextMenus", "storage", "nativeMessaging"],

extension/popup.css

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 body {
-  width: 240px;
+  width: 320px;
   padding: 12px;
   font-family: system-ui, sans-serif;
   font-size: 13px;
@@ -36,3 +36,38 @@ h1 {
   font-family: inherit;
   cursor: pointer;
 }
+
+.cmd-row {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 6px;
+  margin-top: 8px;
+}
+
+.cmd-row code {
+  flex: 1;
+  min-width: 0;
+  overflow-x: auto;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  background: #f0f0f0;
+  padding: 4px 6px;
+  border-radius: 3px;
+  font-size: 11px;
+}
+
+.cmd-row button {
+  flex: none;
+  padding: 4px 8px;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  font-family: inherit;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+#recheck-setup {
+  display: block;
+  margin-top: 10px;
+  padding: 4px 8px;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  font-family: inherit;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}

extension/popup.html

@@ -6,17 +6,32 @@
 </head>
 <body>
   <h1>KGet Capture</h1>
-  <label class="toggle-row">
+
-    <input type="checkbox" id="auto-capture-toggle">
+  <div id="setup-needed" hidden>
-    <span>Auto-capture all downloads</span>
+    <p class="hint">One-time setup needed: KGet Capture needs a small local
-  </label>
+      helper installed before it can talk to KGet. Run this in a terminal:</p>
-  <p class="status" id="status-line"></p>
+    <div class="cmd-row">
-  <p class="hint">Right-click any link, image, video, or audio and choose
+      <code id="setup-command"></code>
-    "Download with KGet" to send it to KGet on demand.</p>
+      <button id="copy-command" type="button">Copy</button>
-  <p class="hint">Downloads still prompting for a location? Chrome shows that
+    </div>
-    dialog itself, before this extension can intercept anything.
+    <p class="status" id="copy-feedback"></p>
-    <button id="open-download-settings" type="button">Turn off Chrome's download prompt</button>
+    <button id="recheck-setup" type="button">I ran it, check again</button>
-  </p>
+  </div>
+
+  <div id="ready" hidden>
+    <label class="toggle-row">
+      <input type="checkbox" id="auto-capture-toggle">
+      <span>Auto-capture all downloads</span>
+    </label>
+    <p class="status" id="status-line"></p>
+    <p class="hint">Right-click any link, image, video, or audio and choose
+      "Download with KGet" to send it to KGet on demand.</p>
+    <p class="hint">Downloads still prompting for a location? Chrome shows that
+      dialog itself, before this extension can intercept anything.
+      <button id="open-download-settings" type="button">Turn off Chrome's download prompt</button>
+    </p>
+  </div>
+
   <script src="popup.js"></script>
 </body>
 </html>

extension/popup.js

@@ -1,13 +1,60 @@
+const NATIVE_HOST = "com.kget_capture.host";
+const INSTALL_COMMAND =
+  "curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/andwati/kget-capture/main/install-remote.sh | bash";
+
+const setupPanel = document.getElementById("setup-needed");
+const readyPanel = document.getElementById("ready");
 const checkbox = document.getElementById("auto-capture-toggle");
 const statusLine = document.getElementById("status-line");
+const copyFeedback = document.getElementById("copy-feedback");
 
 function renderStatus(enabled) {
   statusLine.textContent = `Auto-capture: ${enabled ? "ON" : "OFF"}`;
 }
 
-chrome.storage.local.get({ autoCaptureEnabled: true }).then(({ autoCaptureEnabled }) => {
+function showReady() {
-  checkbox.checked = autoCaptureEnabled;
+  setupPanel.hidden = true;
-  renderStatus(autoCaptureEnabled);
+  readyPanel.hidden = false;
+  chrome.storage.local.get({ autoCaptureEnabled: true }).then(({ autoCaptureEnabled }) => {
+    checkbox.checked = autoCaptureEnabled;
+    renderStatus(autoCaptureEnabled);
+  });
+}
+
+function showSetupNeeded() {
+  document.getElementById("setup-command").textContent = INSTALL_COMMAND;
+  readyPanel.hidden = true;
+  setupPanel.hidden = false;
+}
+
+// The native host is only reachable once install.sh (or install-remote.sh)
+// has registered it -- sendNativeMessage fails with a lastError like
+// "Specified native messaging host not found" until then, which is exactly
+// the signal we want to gate the rest of the popup on.
+function checkNativeHost() {
+  chrome.runtime.sendNativeMessage(NATIVE_HOST, { action: "ping" }, () => {
+    if (chrome.runtime.lastError) {
+      showSetupNeeded();
+    } else {
+      showReady();
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+checkNativeHost();
+
+document.getElementById("recheck-setup").addEventListener("click", checkNativeHost);
+
+document.getElementById("copy-command").addEventListener("click", async () => {
+  try {
+    await navigator.clipboard.writeText(INSTALL_COMMAND);
+    copyFeedback.textContent = "Copied to clipboard.";
+  } catch (e) {
+    copyFeedback.textContent = "Couldn't copy -- select and copy the command manually.";
+  }
+  setTimeout(() => {
+    copyFeedback.textContent = "";
+  }, 2000);
 });
 
 checkbox.addEventListener("change", () => {

install-remote.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Fetches the latest release source archive and runs install.sh from it, so
+# setup doesn't require a git clone:
+#
+#   curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/andwati/kget-capture/main/install-remote.sh | bash
+#   wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/andwati/kget-capture/main/install-remote.sh | bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+REPO="andwati/kget-capture"
+
+fetch_stdout() {
+  if command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    curl -fsSL "$1"
+  elif command -v wget >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    wget -qO- "$1"
+  else
+    echo "ERROR: this installer needs 'curl' or 'wget' on PATH." >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+fetch_to_file() {
+  if command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    curl -fsSL "$1" -o "$2"
+  else
+    wget -qO "$2" "$1"
+  fi
+}
+
+echo "Looking up the latest release..."
+tag="$(fetch_stdout "https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO/releases/latest" \
+  | grep -m1 '"tag_name"' | sed -E 's/.*"tag_name": *"([^"]+)".*/\1/')"
+if [ -z "$tag" ]; then
+  echo "ERROR: couldn't determine the latest release tag from GitHub." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+echo "Latest release: $tag"
+
+if ! command -v python3 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "ERROR: 'python3' is required but not found on PATH." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+tmp_dir="$(mktemp -d)"
+trap 'rm -rf "$tmp_dir"' EXIT
+
+zip_path="$tmp_dir/kget-capture.zip"
+zip_url="https://github.com/$REPO/releases/download/$tag/kget-capture-$tag.zip"
+echo "Downloading $zip_url..."
+fetch_to_file "$zip_url" "$zip_path"
+
+echo "Extracting..."
+src_dir="$tmp_dir/src"
+python3 -c "
+import sys, zipfile
+zipfile.ZipFile(sys.argv[1]).extractall(sys.argv[2])
+" "$zip_path" "$src_dir"
+
+echo "Running install.sh..."
+bash "$src_dir/install.sh"

native-host/kget_capture_host.py

@@ -49,7 +49,12 @@ def add_transfer(url, filename):
     # sidesteps KGet's own filename guess, which is derived purely from the
     # URL path and gets it wrong for opaque/signed URLs.
     dest_dir = default_download_dir()
-    dest = os.path.join(dest_dir, filename) if filename else dest_dir
+    # A bare directory path with no trailing slash (e.g. "/home/ian/Downloads")
+    # gets misparsed by KGet's addTransfer as dir="/home/ian" + filename=
+    # "Downloads" -- the same split it applies to a real dir/filename path --
+    # landing the transfer in the parent directory instead. A trailing slash
+    # keeps it unambiguous when we don't have a real filename to append.
+    dest = os.path.join(dest_dir, filename) if filename else dest_dir.rstrip("/") + "/"
     cmd = [
         "dbus-send",
         "--print-reply",
@@ -149,7 +154,17 @@ def spawn_notifier(transfer_path, dest):
 
 def main():
     message = read_message()
-    if not message or message.get("action") != "addTransfer" or "url" not in message:
+    if not message:
+        write_message({"ok": False, "error": "invalid request"})
+        return
+
+    # The extension popup uses this to detect whether the native host is
+    # installed/registered at all, distinct from whether a transfer succeeds.
+    if message.get("action") == "ping":
+        write_message({"ok": True})
+        return
+
+    if message.get("action") != "addTransfer" or "url" not in message:
         write_message({"ok": False, "error": "invalid request"})
         return