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open-shortcut

Open the URL from a web shortcut file in the browser

Install

npm install open-shortcut

Usage

import openShortcut from 'open-shortcut';

await openShortcut('google');
console.log('URL opened in the browser');

In the above example it will look for the following file:

API

openShortcut(filePath)

Returns a Promise for the child process and resolves when the shortcut has opened.

filePath

Type: string

The file path to the web shortcut.

Leave out the extension for cross-platform compatibility.

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