Kill the browser and restart it in linux

Author: matteosuppo

killbrowser.go

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+package main
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+)
+
+func killBrowserHandler(c *gin.Context) {
+
+	var data struct {
+		Action  string `json:"action"`
+		Process string `json:"process"`
+		URL     string `json:"url"`
+	}
+
+	c.BindJSON(&data)
+
+	command, err := findBrowser(data.Process)
+
+	log.Println(command)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, err)
+	}
+
+	if data.Action == "kill" || data.Action == "restart" {
+		_, err := killBrowser(data.Process)
+		if err != nil {
+			c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if data.Action == "restart" {
+		_, err := startBrowser(command, data.URL)
+		if err != nil {
+			c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+}

killbrowser_linux.go

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+package main
+
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func findBrowser(process string) ([]byte, error) {
+	ps := exec.Command("ps", "-A", "-o", "command")
+	grep := exec.Command("grep", process)
+	head := exec.Command("head", "-n", "1")
+
+	return pipe_commands(ps, grep, head)
+}
+
+func killBrowser(process string) ([]byte, error) {
+	cmd := exec.Command("pkill", "-9", process)
+	return cmd.Output()
+}
+
+func startBrowser(command []byte, url string) ([]byte, error) {
+	parts := strings.Split(string(command), " ")
+	cmd := exec.Command(parts[0], url)
+	return cmd.Output()
+}