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The 'opn' npm package is a utility that can open stuff like websites, files, executables, etc., with their default applications. It is particularly useful for opening URLs in the default web browser from Node.js scripts.
Open websites in the default browser
This feature allows you to open a website URL in the default web browser from a Node.js script.
const opn = require('opn');
opn('https://www.example.com');
Open files with the default application
This feature allows you to open a file with its default application. For example, a PDF would be opened with the system's default PDF viewer.
const opn = require('opn');
opn('path/to/file.pdf');
Open executables
This feature allows you to open an executable file, which can be useful for launching applications from a Node.js script.
const opn = require('opn');
opn('path/to/application.exe');
Specify the app to open with
This feature allows you to specify which application to use when opening a URL or file, overriding the system default.
const opn = require('opn');
opn('https://www.example.com', {app: 'firefox'});
The 'open' package is a fork of 'opn' with more features and maintenance. It provides similar functionality to open URLs, files, and executables with their default applications or a specified one.
While 'execa' is not a direct alternative to 'opn', it is a process execution tool that can be used to run any system command, including opening files and URLs with specific applications.
The 'start' package is a simple utility to open a file or URL with its default application. It is less feature-rich compared to 'opn' but serves a similar basic purpose.
A better node-open. Opens stuff like websites, files, executables. Cross-platform.
spawn
instead of exec
node-open
issuesxdg-open
script for Linux$ npm install --save opn
const opn = require('opn');
// opens the image in the default image viewer
opn('unicorn.png').then(() => {
// image viewer closed
});
// opens the url in the default browser
opn('http://sindresorhus.com');
// specify the app to open in
opn('http://sindresorhus.com', {app: 'firefox'});
// specify app arguments
opn('http://sindresorhus.com', {app: ['google chrome', '--incognito']});
Uses the command open
on OS X, start
on Windows and xdg-open
on other platforms.
Returns a promise for the spawned child process. You'd normally not need to use this for anything, but it can be useful if you'd like to attach custom event listeners or perform other operations directly on the spawned process.
Required
Type: string
The thing you want to open. Can be a URL, file, or executable.
Opens in the default app for the file type. Eg. URLs opens in your default browser.
Type: object
Type: boolean
Default: true
Wait for the opened app to exit before calling the callback
. If false
it's called immediately when opening the app.
On Windows you have to explicitly specify an app for it to be able to wait.
Type: string
, array
Specify the app to open the target
with, or an array with the app and app arguments.
The app name is platform dependent. Don't hard code it in reusable modules. Eg. Chrome is google chrome
on OS X, google-chrome
on Linux and chrome
on Windows.
MIT © Sindre Sorhus
FAQs
Open stuff like URLs, files, executables. Cross-platform.
The npm package opn receives a total of 4,066,981 weekly downloads. As such, opn popularity was classified as popular.
We found that opn demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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