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user3553583
user3553583

Reputation: 23

start a web browser from my code in c linux

I found a way using a Terminal Command for that purpose: xdg-open http://www.google.com

But how can I do it from my code? Thanks.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 5601

Answers (5)

Davor Gašperčič
Davor Gašperčič

Reputation: 11

#include <stdlib.h>   
int main()    
{  
    char *URL;   
    URL = "xdg-open http://google.com";
    system(URL);   
    return 0;
}

Upvotes: 1

amr zakaria
amr zakaria

Reputation: 1

#include <stdlib.h>   
int main()    
{  
    char *URL;   
    URL = "chromium http://localhost/image/index.php";        
    system(URL);   
    return 0;  
}

Upvotes: 0

Chase Walden
Chase Walden

Reputation: 1302

Easiest way is to include stdio.h and use the system() call to call xdv-open.

If you want to be able to change the url, try:

#include "stdio.h"
int main(int argc, char ** argv){

    char url[128]; //you could make this bigger if you want
    scanf("%s",url); // get the url from the console

    char call[256];
    strcpy(call, "xdg-open "); // web browser command
    strcat(call, url); // append url

    system(call);

    return 0;
}

Upvotes: 0

aglasser
aglasser

Reputation: 3069

If the executable for Firefox (or Chrome, etc) is in your path, you can get away with:

system("firefox http://www.google.com");

If not, try:

system("C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla\\Firefox.exe http://www.google.com");

Upvotes: 0

Sterling Archer
Sterling Archer

Reputation: 22435

I don't know C, but it seems like you just need to call said shell script via C. So after a quick google search (hint hint), you could probably call something along the lines of

system("xdg-open http://www.google.com");

Basically you just want a function that can execute a shell script

Upvotes: 1

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