# # # Nim's Runtime Library # (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf # # See the file "copying.txt", included in this # distribution, for details about the copyright. # ## This module implements a simple proc for opening URLs with the user's ## default browser. ## ## Unstable API. import std/private/since import strutils when defined(windows): import winlean else: import os, osproc const osOpenCmd* = when defined(macos) or defined(macosx) or defined(windows): "open" else: "xdg-open" ## \ ## Alias for the operating system specific *"open"* command, ## ``"open"`` on OSX, MacOS and Windows, ``"xdg-open"`` on Linux, BSD, etc. template openDefaultBrowserImpl(url: string) = when defined(windows): var o = newWideCString(osOpenCmd) var u = newWideCString(url) discard shellExecuteW(0'i32, o, u, nil, nil, SW_SHOWNORMAL) elif defined(macosx): discard execShellCmd(osOpenCmd & " " & quoteShell(url)) else: var u = quoteShell(url) if execShellCmd(osOpenCmd & " " & u) == 0: return for b in getEnv("BROWSER").string.split(PathSep): try: # we use ``startProcess`` here because we don't want to block! discard startProcess(command = b, args = [url], options = {poUsePath}) return except OSError: discard proc openDefaultBrowser*(url: string) = ## Opens `url` with the user's default browser. This does not block. ## The URL must not be empty string, to open on a blank page see `openDefaultBrowser()`. ## ## Under Windows, ``ShellExecute`` is used. Under Mac OS X the ``open`` ## command is used. Under Unix, it is checked if ``xdg-open`` exists and ## used if it does. Otherwise the environment variable ``BROWSER`` is ## used to determine the default browser to use. ## ## This proc doesn't raise an exception on error, beware. ## ## .. code-block:: nim ## block: openDefaultBrowser("https://nim-lang.org") doAssert url.len > 0, "URL must not be empty string" openDefaultBrowserImpl(url) proc openDefaultBrowser*() {.since: (1, 1).} = ## Opens the user's default browser without any `url` (blank page). This does not block. ## Implements IETF RFC-6694 Section 3, "about:blank" must be reserved for a blank page. ## ## Under Windows, ``ShellExecute`` is used. Under Mac OS X the ``open`` ## command is used. Under Unix, it is checked if ``xdg-open`` exists and ## used if it does. Otherwise the environment variable ``BROWSER`` is ## used to determine the default browser to use. ## ## This proc doesn't raise an exception on error, beware. ## ## **See also:** ## ## * https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6694#section-3 ## ## .. code-block:: nim ## block: openDefaultBrowser() openDefaultBrowserImpl("http:about:blank") # See IETF RFC-6694 Section 3.