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Ashok Shah
Ashok Shah

Reputation: 956

Nodejs open ppt, doc or any other files

I have been trying to execute any file in system and open it in the default Application of the system.

For example I have abc.doc file, and i want to open it in Microsoft Word.

This code opens the URL in default browser.

var open = require('open');
    open('http://www.google.com', function (err) {
    if (err) throw err;
    console.log('The user closed the browser');
});

Any suggestion how do I open system files in default application via node js.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1883

Answers (2)

Ram
Ram

Reputation: 26

In windows you can simply give file path. But in linux or in mac os you need to prefix xdg-open as well to open in default application.

Linux Code & Mac OS

shell.exec("xdg-open /home/file.extension", function (err, out, code)) { /* your statements */ });

Windows Code

shell.exec("C:/file.extension", function (err, out, code)) { /* your statements */ });

Upvotes: 1

Madan Bhandari
Madan Bhandari

Reputation: 2184

use exec from shelljs

Example given below:

var shell = require('shelljs');
shell.exec("D://yourdocument.pdf", function (err, out, code)) {
    if(err instanceof Error)
        throw err;
});

I hope it helps. Thanks.

Upvotes: 2

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