Auto Open URLs, files in Nodejs app

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open npm module: Open stuff like URLs, files, executables. Cross-platform.

npm install open  
  
# global  
npm install -g open

It can open a browser (or app) with the provided URLs:

let open = require("open")  
  
# Use default browser  
open("https://google.com")  
  
open("https://google.com", {app: "firefox"})

For the Nodejs app, after creating a localhost server, we can let it open the IP address automatically with the default browser.

We can use live-server or http-server to create an http server and auto o[en its address in a web browser:

For live-server, simple cd to the dir and run:

live-server

For http-server, we need to add -o:

http-server -o -a localhost