Deep linking via OpenAthens Managed Proxy
This article explains how to use the OpenAthens Redirector to deep link to specific pages when using the OpenAthens Managed Proxy
You can use the OpenAthens Redirector Generator to create a URL that will bypass the institution-selection step.
To build the redirector URL, follow these steps:
- Find the non-proxied address of the page you want to link to (for example:
https://edu.digitaltheatreplus.com/titles/hamlet).- For example: https://edu.digitaltheatreplus.com/titles/hamlet
- URL-encode the address using an online tool such as
https://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/dencoder/. Copy the encoded result — for example:https%3A%2F%2Fedu.digitaltheatreplus.com%2Ftitles%2Fhamlet.- You can use an online tool to do this, such as: https://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/dencoder/
- Copy the URL encoded address. For example: https%3A%2F%2Fedu.digitaltheatreplus.com%2Ftitles%2Fhamlet
- Construct the redirector URL using the template
https://go.openathens.net/redirector/<DOMAIN>?url=<ENCODED URL>, where<DOMAIN>is your institution's top-level domain (e.g.calu.edu) and<ENCODED URL>is the encoded address from step 2. For example:https://go.openathens.net/redirector/calu.edu?url=https%3A%2F%2Fedu.digitaltheatreplus.com%2Ftitles%2Fhamlet. https://go.openathens.net/redirector/<DOMAIN>?url=<ENCODED URL>
- Replace <DOMAIN> with your top-level domain (e.g. calu.edu)
- Replace <ENCODED URL> with the URL you created in step 2
- For example: https://go.openathens.net/redirector/calu.edu?url=https%3A%2F%2Fedu.digitaltheatreplus.com%2Ftitles%2Fhamlet