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openurl – Node.js module for opening URLs
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openurl is a Node.js module for opening a URL via the operating system. This will usually trigger actions such as:
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- http URLs: open the default browser
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- mailto URLs: open the default email client
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- file URLs: open a window showing the directory (on OS X)
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Example interaction on the Node.js REPL:
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> require("openurl").open("http://rauschma.de")
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> require("openurl").open("mailto:john@example.com")
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You can generate emails as follows:
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require("openurl").mailto(["john@example.com", "jane@example.com"],
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{ subject: "Hello!", body: "This is\nan automatically sent email!\n" });
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Install via npm:
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npm install openurl
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I’m not yet terribly familiar with implementing npm packages, so any feedback is welcome
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(especially experience reports on Windows and Linux, which I can’t test on).
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Related reading:
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- [Write your shell scripts in JavaScript, via Node.js](http://www.2ality.com/2011/12/nodejs-shell-scripting.html) |