Node.js Child Process with HTML file

Question

I have a Vue.js app and a Node server running, I want click a button that sends a request to my Node server and opens up Chrome. I know it's possible to open up the application by passing

'open -a "Google Chrome" http://your_url'

to the function, but is it possible to open up an HTML file on the server with that command? If so, how?

Well I guess I could pass it the file path url, I'll try that right now, I was just being lazy I guess by asking you guys first. Edit: Yup that works, nevermind — afryingpan, Oct 25 '18 at 05:43
This is a duplicate question, you can find solution [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7664605/how-would-you-launch-a-browser-from-the-a-node-js-command-line-script) — sorabh86, Oct 25 '18 at 05:57
@sorabh86 this looks like a nice library for a better a solution. Thank you — afryingpan, Oct 25 '18 at 06:15

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 25 '18 at 05:49

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So I stopped being lazy and tried it myself, should've tried before asking. Just pass the url of the file location to the command instead of the website.

answered Oct 25 '18 at 05:49

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