A script to open a website from within visionaire

openWebsite.lua

-- Use this script to open a website.
-- Call the function like this:

-- openWebsite("https://example.com")

-- ------------------------------------------------------------

-- Helper function to detect the system type.
-- Returns either "win", "mac" or "linux"
function getOS()
	local os = string.lower(system.systemInfo().os);
	if string.match(os, "win") then
		return "win";
	end

	if string.match(os, "mac") then
		return "mac";
	end

	return "linux";
end

function openWebsite(url)
	if getOS() == "win" then
		os.execute("start " .. url);
		return;
	end

	if getOS() == "mac" then
		os.execute("open " .. url);
		return;
	end

	os.execute("xdg-open " .. url);
end