JAVA Open browser with a specified website

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I have found that this code:

java.awt.Desktop.getDesktop().browse(URI);

will open up the users default browser and go to the specified URI. The problem that i am having is i cant figure out what the URI is. I want to open up google maps, http://maps.google.com/maps/search/, but the URI does not accept a string.

Does anyone know what the URI would be?

sjngm · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-08 06:53:32Z

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Try this way

URI openIt=new URL("http://maps.google.com/maps/search/").toURI();
java.awt.Desktop.getDesktop().browse(openIt);

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Neeraj Jain · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-19 13:48:01Z

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java.net.URI is a type in Java SE7.

URI myUri = URI.create(urlString);

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Minde Over a year ago

Thank you for replying so fast. This code works. Try catch is also needed for it to work in my case.

tonychow0929 · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-19 13:20:45Z

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Construct the URI with a String directly will do:

URI uri = new URI("http://maps.google.com/maps/search/");
Desktop.getDesktop().browse(uri);

Another approach is to use the static method create()

URI uri = URI.create("http://maps.google.com/maps/search/");

Remember to handle exceptions.

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