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// Copyright 2016 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
// Package browser provides utilities for interacting with users' browsers.
package browser
import (
"os"
"os/exec"
"runtime"
"time"
)
// Commands returns a list of possible commands to use to open a url.
func Commands() [][]string {
var cmds [][]string
if exe := os.Getenv("BROWSER"); exe != "" {
cmds = append(cmds, []string{exe})
}
switch runtime.GOOS {
case "darwin":
cmds = append(cmds, []string{"/usr/bin/open"})
case "windows":
cmds = append(cmds, []string{"cmd", "/c", "start"})
default:
if os.Getenv("DISPLAY") != "" {
// xdg-open is only for use in a desktop environment.
cmds = append(cmds, []string{"xdg-open"})
}
}
cmds = append(cmds,
[]string{"chrome"},
[]string{"google-chrome"},
[]string{"chromium"},
[]string{"firefox"},
)
return cmds
}
// Open tries to open url in a browser and reports whether it succeeded.
func Open(url string) bool {
for _, args := range Commands() {
cmd := exec.Command(args[0], append(args[1:], url)...)
if cmd.Start() == nil && appearsSuccessful(cmd, 3*time.Second) {
return true
}
}
return false
}
// appearsSuccessful reports whether the command appears to have run successfully.
// If the command runs longer than the timeout, it's deemed successful.
// If the command runs within the timeout, it's deemed successful if it exited cleanly.
func appearsSuccessful(cmd *exec.Cmd, timeout time.Duration) bool {
errc := make(chan error, 1)
go func() {
errc <- cmd.Wait()
}()
select {
case <-time.After(timeout):
return true
case err := <-errc:
return err == nil
}
}