firefox-launch

Light cross-platform launcher for Firefox.

Usage

process = spawn(url, [options])

Spawns a new Firefox instance in a separate process using child_process.spawn.

Options include:

• pref: preference file contents to use. Set to false to not create a file.
• args: additional command-line arguments to pass to Firefox. See here for more information.
• firefoxBinary: path to a custom Firefox binary.
• dir: user configuration directory to use. By default, one will be created and then removed when the process is killed.
• env: environment variables to use. Defaults to process.env.
• nuke: remove opts.dir when the process exits.

Unless overridden with opts.config, the following preferences will be used:

user_pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false);
user_pref("browser.bookmarks.restore_default_bookmarks", false);
user_pref("dom.allow_scripts_to_close_windows", true);
user_pref("dom.disable_open_during_load", false);
user_pref("dom.max_script_run_time", 0);

License

MIT. See LICENSE.md for details.

Current Tags

• 1.1.0                                ...           latest (9 years ago)

4 Versions

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