Open URL in Firefox from MacOS CLI

open-url-cli-firefox-macos.md

Open URL in Firefox Internet Browser from MacOS CLI

Firefox provide a set of Command Line Options to configured the browser before we execute them. Ref. URL https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Command_Line_Options

Objectives

• Open http://localhost:3000 in a new Firefox Instance for local development purposes
• Use a spesific Firefox profile prepared for development purposes
• Can integrate into automation workflow as in Alfred3 App

Don't forget to create a new profile for local development, use Firefox Profile Manager in order to do this.

$ /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox -ProfileManager

Command to run

Execute Firefox to open a new instance of Firefox browser with the LocalDev Profile, and start with Development Tools enabled.

• Open specific URL http://localhost:3000
• Open New Firefox Browser Instance -new-instance
• Use a spesific profile -P "LocalDev"
• With Development Tools enabled -devtools

$ /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox http://localhost:3000 -new-instance -P "LocalDev" -devtools