Opens a path or URL with the system's default app,
or the one specified with openWith
.
The openWith
value must be one of firefox
, google chrome
, chromium
safari
,
open
, start
, xdg-open
, gio
, gnome-open
, kde-open
or wslview
.
The path or URL to open.
This value is matched against the string regex defined on tauri.conf.json > plugins > shell > open
,
which defaults to ^((mailto:\w+)|(tel:\w+)|(https?://\w+)).+
.
Optional
openWith: stringThe app to open the file or URL with. Defaults to the system default application for the specified path type.
import { open } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-shell';
// opens the given URL on the default browser:
await open('https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri');
// opens the given URL using `firefox`:
await open('https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri', 'firefox');
// opens a file using the default program:
await open('/path/to/file');
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