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// +build !darwin,!windows
package http
import (
"fmt"
"os"
"os/exec"
)
// OpenInBrowser checks for the presence of a display server
// and environment variables indicating a gui is present. If found
// then xdg-open is called on a url to open said url in the default
// gui web browser for the system
func OpenInBrowser(url string) (string, error) {
disp := os.Getenv("DISPLAY")
wayland := os.Getenv("WAYLAND_DISPLAY")
_, err := exec.LookPath("Xorg")
if disp == "" && wayland == "" && err != nil {
return "", fmt.Errorf("No gui is available, check 'webmode' setting")
}
// Use start rather than run or output in order
// to release the process and not block
err = exec.Command("xdg-open", url).Start()
if err != nil {
return "", err
}
return "Opened in system default web browser", nil
}
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