// +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 }