feat: add open function to api

Add OpenMessageSchema and OpenPayloadSchema for handling messages to open an application. Decided to implement actual opening functionality in frontend for Tauri's security model

packages/protocol/src/index.ts

@@ -123,12 +123,22 @@ export const GoBackToPluginListSchema = z.object({
 });
 export type GoBackToPluginList = z.infer<typeof GoBackToPluginListSchema>;
 
+const OpenPayloadSchema = z.object({
+	target: z.string(),
+	application: z.string().optional()
+});
+const OpenMessageSchema = z.object({
+	type: z.literal('open'),
+	payload: OpenPayloadSchema
+});
+
 export const SidecarMessageWithPluginsSchema = z.union([
 	BatchUpdateSchema,
 	CommandSchema,
 	LogMessageSchema,
 	PluginListSchema,
 	PreferenceValuesSchema,
-	GoBackToPluginListSchema
+	GoBackToPluginListSchema,
+	OpenMessageSchema
 ]);
 export type SidecarMessageWithPlugins = z.infer<typeof SidecarMessageWithPluginsSchema>;

sidecar/src/api/environment.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { LaunchType } from './types';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
+import { writeOutput } from '../io';
+import type { Application } from './types';
 
 const supportPath = '/home/byte/code/raycast-linux/sidecar/dist/plugin/support/';
 try {
@@ -38,3 +40,21 @@ export async function getSelectedFinderItems(): Promise<FileSystemItem[]> {
 export async function getSelectedText(): Promise<string> {
 	return Promise.reject(new Error('No text selected in the frontmost application.'));
 }
+
+export async function open(target: string, application?: Application | string): Promise<void> {
+	let openWith: string | undefined;
+
+	if (typeof application === 'string') {
+		openWith = application;
+	} else if (application) {
+		openWith = application.path;
+	}
+
+	writeOutput({
+		type: 'open',
+		payload: {
+			target,
+			application: openWith
+		}
+	});
+}

sidecar/src/api/index.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { Grid } from './components/grid';
 import { Form } from './components/form';
 import { Action, ActionPanel } from './components/actions';
 import { Detail } from './components/detail';
-import { environment, getSelectedFinderItems, getSelectedText } from './environment';
+import { environment, getSelectedFinderItems, getSelectedText, open } from './environment';
 import { preferencesStore } from '../preferences';
 
 let currentPluginName: string | null = null;
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ export const getRaycastApi = () => {
 		ActionPanel,
 		Detail,
 		Form,
-		Icon
+		Icon,
+		open
 	};
 };

sidecar/src/api/types.ts

@@ -10,3 +10,10 @@ export const Toast = {
 		Animated: 'ANIMATED'
 	}
 };
+
+export type Application = {
+	name: string;
+	path: string;
+	bundleId?: string;
+	localizedName?: string;
+};

src/lib/sidecar.svelte.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Command, type Child } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-shell';
+import { Command, type Child, open as shellOpen } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-shell';
 import { Unpackr } from 'msgpackr';
 import { uiStore } from '$lib/ui.svelte';
 import { SidecarMessageWithPluginsSchema } from '@raycast-linux/protocol';
@@ -123,6 +123,15 @@ class SidecarService {
 			return;
 		}
 
+		if (typedMessage.type === 'open') {
+			const { target, application } = typedMessage.payload;
+			shellOpen(target, application).catch((err) => {
+				this.#log(`ERROR: Failed to open '${target}': ${err}`);
+				console.error(`Failed to open '${target}':`, err);
+			});
+			return;
+		}
+
 		if (typedMessage.type === 'plugin-list') {
 			uiStore.setPluginList(typedMessage.payload);
 			return;