open-browser

This package is extracted from https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/blob/master/packages/react-dev-utils/openBrowser.js

Attempts to open the browser with a given URL. On Mac OS X, attempts to reuse an existing Chrome tab via AppleScript. Otherwise, falls back to opn behavior.

Installation

npm install open-web-browser

Usage (url: string): boolean

var path = require('path');
var openBrowser = require('open-web-browser');

if (openBrowser('http://localhost:3000')) {
  console.log('The browser tab has been opened!');
}

License

MIT