open

Module @netwiv/api/plugins/shell · Kind Function

import { open } from '@netwiv/api/plugins/shell';

Opens a path or URL with the system’s default app, or the one specified with openWith.

The openWith value must be one of firefox, google chrome, chromium safari, open, start, xdg-open, gio, gnome-open, kde-open or wslview.

Signature

function open(path: string, openWith?: string | undefined): Promise<void>

Example

import { open } from '@netwiv/api/plugins/shell';
// opens the given URL on the default browser:
await open('https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri');
// opens the given URL using `firefox`:
await open('https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri', 'firefox');
// opens a file using the default program:
await open('/path/to/file');

Upstream since 2.0.0

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Descriptions come from the pinned @tauri-apps/plugin-shell@2.3.6 declarations (MIT OR Apache-2.0); imports are shown with @netwiv/api paths.