Check out the "request" module by Mikeal. On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Nathan Rajlich <[email protected]>wrote:
> npm does this but unfortunately these's no cross-platform sure-fire way to > do it. I believe npm has specific things it does to open the url in a web > browser for each platform (on osx it invokes `open`, on linux > `x-www-browser`, etc.) > > It may be a good idea for someone to extract that logic into a standalone > module... > > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 5:17 PM, mscdex <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Feb 24, 8:15 pm, rauschma <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I am aware that this functionality is not really a good fit for >> > Node.js as a server environment, but am finding that JavaScript shell >> > scripting is a great gateway drug for Node.js adoption. And for that >> > use case, opening URLs is tremendously useful. >> >> What kind of behavior/functionality are you envisioning here for node? >> >> -- >> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> Posting guidelines: >> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "nodejs" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >> > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
