Adding «Donate» Bitcoin button in README.md file GitHub repository

Question

1. Summary

I would like to add a «Donate» Bitcoin button on my README.md file located on my GitHub repository.

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2. Not helped

2.1. Manually button

HTML-code using bitcoin protocol:

<a href="bitcoin:1DF9jgzftTFn4ZnDV2YEjUtZ3uHtBywj57?label=In%20the%20treatment%20of%20Sasha's%20teeth&amp;amount=0.0037"><img src="https://www.drupal.org/files/project-images/bitcoindonate.png" alt="Bitcoin Donate Button"></a>

It's work on HTML page of my GitHub Pages site, demonstration.

But in .md GitHub files not one codes of Meta Stack Exchange answer not work for bitcoin protocol, demonstration.

<a href="bitcoin:1DF9jgzftTFn4ZnDV2YEjUtZ3uHtBywj57?label=In%20the%20treatment%20of%20Sasha's%20teeth&amp;amount=0.0037"><img src="https://www.drupal.org/files/project-images/bitcoindonate.png" alt="Bitcoin Donate Button"></a>

[**![Bitcoin Donate Button**](https://www.drupal.org/files/project-images/bitcoindonate.png)](bitcoin:1DF9jgzftTFn4ZnDV2YEjUtZ3uHtBywj57?label=In%20the%20treatment%20of%20Sasha's%20teeth&amp;amount=0.0037)

<a href="bitcoin:1DF9jgzftTFn4ZnDV2YEjUtZ3uHtBywj57?label=In%20the%20treatment%20of%20Sasha's%20teeth&amp;amount=0.0037">![Bitcoin Donate Button](https://www.drupal.org/files/project-images/bitcoindonate.png)</a>

2.2. Third-party

JavaScript not supported on GitHub README.md pages. By this reason doesn't help me:

• Bitcoinate
• Bitcoin donate
• Leo Bogert simple button

Answer 1

1. Demonstration

Click to donate button on page:

https://github.com/KristinitaTest/KristinitaTest.github.io/blob/master/donate/README.md

Link must be opened in your Bitcoin client, example:

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2. Relevance

This answer is relevant for April 2018. In the future, the data of this answer may be obsolete.

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3. Redirect

You need to use redirect.

User click on Donate button → is redirected to Bitcoin-Redirect page in current tab → then opened bitcoin wallet of user → in current tab is opened page, on which Donate button is situated.

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4. Details

4.1. Source of Donate button

[![Bitcoin Donate Button](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MnQ6V.png)](http://KristinitaTest.github.io/donate/Bitcoin-Redirect)

If you click the image, you will go to a page http://KristinitaTest.github.io/donate/Bitcoin-Redirect. See answer on Meta Stack Exchange, how use Markdown markup for this construction. Alternative worked HTML source:

<a href="http://KristinitaTest.github.io/donate/Bitcoin-Redirect"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/MnQ6V.png"></a>

4.2. Source of Bitcoin-Redirect page

<script>
window.location.href = "bitcoin:17uctxtsWG3gpyAy6iJ8AVd5rdSjkJH2?label=In%20the%20treatme0of%20Sasha's%20teeth&amp;amount=0.0037";
history.back();
</script>

Use JavaScript methods window.location.href and history.back.