https://github.com/holusion/node-xdg-apps

Find the best app to open a file / thumbnailize it according to XDG Specifications
https://github.com/holusion/node-xdg-apps

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Find the best app to open a file / thumbnailize it according to XDG Specifications

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/holusion/node-xdg-apps
• Owner: Holusion
• License: mit
• Created: 2015-10-13T12:38:08.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-12-30T17:49:28.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-24T22:21:44.362Z (8 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 110 KB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 7
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 4
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# node-xdg-apps

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Find the best app to open a file / thumbnailize it according to XDG Specifications

    npm install xdg-apps

## Usage

### Find the right app to open a file

    var Finder = require("xdg-apps");

    var finder = new Finder();

    finder.find("/path/to/my/file",function(err,launcher){

      //DO SOMETHING

    });

    //OR

      finder.find("/path/to/my/file").then(function(launcher){

        //DO SOMETHING

      }).catch(function(e){

        //ERROR

      });

If you want to really open the file afterward, take a look at [desktop-launch](https://github.com/Holusion/node-desktop-launch).

### Find a list of system apps

    var Finder = require("xdg-apps");

    var finder = new Finder();    

    finder.apps.list().then(function(apps){

      //An array of parsed desktop entries

    }).catch(function(e){

        //Handle errors

    })

## Options

finder takes only one parameter : the type of apps we want to search for. Possible values :

- desktop for [desktop entries](http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/) **(default)**

- thumbnailer  for [thumbnails Specification](http://specifications.freedesktop.org/thumbnail-spec/thumbnail-spec-latest.html)

Other values wont throw an error but will produce undefined results.