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feat: add /api/open-file route to reveal file in OS explorer

Supports Windows (explorer /select), macOS (open -R), and Linux
(xdg-open on parent dir). Modeled on existing /api/open-directory.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
handoff-20260429-1057
gitcapoom 5 months ago
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      src/app/api/open-file/route.ts

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import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from "next/server";
import { execFile } from "child_process";
import { promisify } from "util";
import { stat } from "fs/promises";
import path from "path";
import os from "os";
const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
export async function POST(req: NextRequest) {
try {
const body = await req.json();
const { filePath: inputPath } = body;
if (!inputPath || typeof inputPath !== "string") {
return NextResponse.json(
{ success: false, error: "File path is required" },
{ status: 400 }
);
}
// Normalize and resolve the path to prevent traversal attacks
const normalizedPath = path.resolve(inputPath);
// Validate that the path exists and is a file
try {
const stats = await stat(normalizedPath);
if (!stats.isFile()) {
return NextResponse.json(
{ success: false, error: "Path is not a file" },
{ status: 400 }
);
}
} catch {
return NextResponse.json(
{ success: false, error: "File does not exist" },
{ status: 400 }
);
}
const platform = os.platform();
let command = "";
let args: string[] = [];
switch (platform) {
case "darwin":
command = "open";
args = ["-R", normalizedPath];
break;
case "win32":
command = "explorer";
args = [`/select,${normalizedPath}`];
break;
case "linux":
// Linux has no universal "reveal in folder" — open parent directory
command = "xdg-open";
args = [path.dirname(normalizedPath)];
break;
default:
command = "xdg-open";
args = [path.dirname(normalizedPath)];
}
try {
await execFileAsync(command, args);
} catch (err: unknown) {
// Windows explorer returns non-zero exit code even on success
if (platform === "win32" && err && typeof err === "object" && "code" in err) {
// Explorer launched successfully despite non-zero exit
} else {
throw err;
}
}
return NextResponse.json({ success: true });
} catch (error) {
console.error("Failed to reveal file:", error);
return NextResponse.json(
{ success: false, error: "Failed to open file location" },
{ status: 500 }
);
}
}
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