package utils import ( "log" "os/exec" "runtime" "strings" ) func CheckError(err error) { if err != nil { log.Print(err) } } // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39320371/how-start-web-server-to-open-page-in-browser-in-golang // openURL opens the specified URL in the default browser of the user. func OpenURL(url string) error { var cmd string var args []string switch runtime.GOOS { case "windows": cmd = "cmd" args = []string{"/c", "start"} case "darwin": cmd = "open" args = []string{url} default: // "linux", "freebsd", "openbsd", "netbsd" // Check if running under WSL if isWSL() { // Use 'cmd.exe /c start' to open the URL in the default Windows browser cmd = "cmd.exe" args = []string{"/c", "start", url} } else { // Use xdg-open on native Linux environments cmd = "xdg-open" args = []string{url} } } if len(args) > 1 { // args[0] is used for 'start' command argument, to prevent issues with URLs starting with a quote args = append(args[:1], append([]string{""}, args[1:]...)...) } return exec.Command(cmd, args...).Start() } // isWSL checks if the Go program is running inside Windows Subsystem for Linux func isWSL() bool { releaseData, err := exec.Command("uname", "-r").Output() if err != nil { return false } return strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(string(releaseData)), "microsoft") }