package utils import ( "errors" "os" "os/exec" "runtime" "github.com/kballard/go-shellquote" ) func OpenInBrowser(url string) error { browser := os.Getenv("BROWSER") if browser == "" { browser = searchBrowserLauncher(runtime.GOOS) } else { browser = os.ExpandEnv(browser) } if browser == "" { return errors.New("Please set $BROWSER to a web launcher") } browserArgs, err := shellquote.Split(browser) if err != nil { return err } endingArgs := append(browserArgs[1:], url) browseCmd := exec.Command(browserArgs[0], endingArgs...) return PrepareCmd(browseCmd).Run() } func searchBrowserLauncher(goos string) (browser string) { switch goos { case "darwin": browser = "open" case "windows": browser = "cmd /c start" default: candidates := []string{"xdg-open", "cygstart", "x-www-browser", "firefox", "opera", "mozilla", "netscape"} for _, b := range candidates { path, err := exec.LookPath(b) if err == nil { browser = path break } } } return browser }