Open the URL from a web shortcut file in the browser

npm install open-shortcut

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:

• macOS: google.webloc
• Linux: google.desktop
• Windows: google.url

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

Type: string

The file path to the web shortcut.

Leave out the extension for cross-platform compatibility.

• open-shortcut-cli - CLI for this module
• shortcut-url - Get the URL from a web shortcut file