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package osutils
import (
"os/exec"
"runtime"
"github.com/go-ozzo/ozzo-validation/v4/is"
)
// LaunchURL attempts to open the provided url in the user's default browser.
//
// It is platform dependent and it uses:
// - "open" on macOS
// - "rundll32" on Windows
// - "xdg-open" on everything else (Linux, FreeBSD, etc.)
func LaunchURL(url string) error {
if err := is.URL.Validate(url); err != nil {
return err
}
switch runtime.GOOS {
case "darwin":
return exec.Command("open", url).Start()
case "windows":
// not sure if this is the best command but seems to be the most reliable based on the comments in
// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3739327/launching-a-website-via-the-windows-commandline#answer-49115945
return exec.Command("rundll32", "url.dll,FileProtocolHandler", url).Start()
default:
return exec.Command("xdg-open", url).Start()
}
}