Is there any ways to open default browser in elixir?

Papillon6814 · July 20, 2022, 6:30am

Hello, I’m looking for a library like webbrowser module of python.
Do you know any modules like that?

josevalim · July 20, 2022, 6:32am

We use this in Livebook:

livebook-dev/livebook/blob/75e47aa59318bbc7b2cf0f423e785e4c55d55f62/lib/livebook/utils.ex#L339


      
          def read_as_data_url!(path) do
            content = File.read!(path)
            mime = MIME.from_path(path)
            data = Base.encode64(content)
            "data:#{mime};base64,#{data}"
          end
          
          
@doc """
          Opens the given `url` in the browser.
          """
          def browser_open(url) do
            win_cmd_args = ["/c", "start", String.replace(url, "&", "^&")]
          
          
  cmd_args =
              case :os.type() do
                {:win32, _} ->
                  {"cmd", win_cmd_args}
          
          
      {:unix, :darwin} ->
                  {"open", [url]}

Papillon6814 · July 20, 2022, 6:38am

Oh yes it worked! Thank you so much!