How can I programmatically open the default browser and pass a URL in C/Linux?

Question

Is there a convenient library call that allows me to open the default browser that I can use from C? I poked around in glib and didn't see anything. There is xdg-open, and I can just system that I guess. Any better ideas?

Cubbyhole

I think xdg-open is the right approach, since you can just pass it directly a URL and it will pick the user's preferred browser. – Wolverine

I ended up doing that because it was really simple. Thanks. – Cubbyhole

Answer 1

If it is installed then xdg-open would work.

xdg-open http://www.stackoverflow.com

Xylophone

Answer 2

Since you tagged this question with "glib", the right solution is probably to use g_app_info_launch_default_for_uri (or one of the other GAppInfo methods, depending on your exact use case).

Beyond