open-shortcut

Open the URL from a web shortcut file in the browser

Install

npm install open-shortcut

Usage

import openShortcut from 'open-shortcut';

await openShortcut('google');
console.log('URL opened in the browser');

In the above example it will look for the following file:

• macOS: google.webloc
• Linux: google.desktop
• Windows: google.url

API

openShortcut(filePath)

Returns a Promise for the child process and resolves when the shortcut has opened.

filePath

Type: string

The file path to the web shortcut.

Leave out the extension for cross-platform compatibility.

Related

• open-shortcut-cli - CLI for this module
• shortcut-url - Get the URL from a web shortcut file

cjser

This package is a CommonJS-compatible build generated by cjser for projects that still need require() support. The source version matches the original npm package version, with a cjser prerelease suffix for this generated build. Original repository: https://github.com/sindresorhus/open-shortcut