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open chrome browser with golang function
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openbrowser.go
// openBrowser tries to open the URL in a browser,
// and returns whether it succeed in doing so.
func openBrowser(url string) bool {
var args []string
switch runtime.GOOS {
case "darwin":
args = []string{"open"}
case "windows":
args = []string{"cmd", "/c", "start"}
default:
args = []string{"xdg-open"}
}
cmd := exec.Command(args[0], append(args[1:], url)...)
return cmd.Start() == nil
}
@genghisjahn
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Thanks for this!

@Lercher
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Lercher commented Jun 16, 2018

Windows 10 fails to open URLs containing ampersands(&) because they are interpreted as a command separator by cmd.exe, they need to be escaped by a caret(^) i.e. strings.Replace(url, "&", "^&", -1) helps in my special case, but I don't know if that's a better approach in general.

@Allianzcortex
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Allianzcortex commented Dec 27, 2018 •
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@Lercher You can also use explore "url". I have tested explore "https://google.com" and explore "http://127.0.0.1:8080" on my Windows10 laptop.

@selmison
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Great!!

@carmel
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carmel commented May 17, 2021 •
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If multiple browsers are installed on the system（chrome, chromium etc.）, does it must to specify the browser installation path?

@asmirbelkic
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strings.Replace(url, "&", "^&", -1)

hi where did u put that please can u provide a snippet ?

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