🌐 BrowsePackage

Opens the project page of the specified package (typically its GitHub repository) in the default browser, equivalent to composer browse packageName.

When to use

• 📖 View the package's source code, documentation, or issue tracker page.
• 🐛 Quickly jump to the repository to file an issue when you encounter a dependency problem.
• 🔍 Evaluate the project's activity on its homepage before adopting the dependency.

Signature

func (c *Composer) BrowsePackage(packageName string) error

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
packageName	string	Name of the package to browse

Return value

Value	Type	Description
Error	error	Returned when an error occurs while opening the package page

Example

package main

import (
    "log"

    "github.com/scagogogo/composer-skills/pkg/composer"
)

func main() {
    comp, err := composer.New(composer.DefaultOptions())
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("init failed: %v", err)
    }

    if err := comp.BrowsePackage("symfony/console"); err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("failed to open package page: %v", err)
    }
}

Advanced

BrowsePackageWithOptions

Use when you need to open the documentation page, issue tracker page, etc. instead of the homepage:

func (c *Composer) BrowsePackageWithOptions(packageName string, options map[string]string) error

// Open the documentation page
err := comp.BrowsePackageWithOptions("symfony/console", map[string]string{"docs": ""})

// Open the issue tracker page
err = comp.BrowsePackageWithOptions("symfony/console", map[string]string{"issues": ""})

Related browse methods

• Home(): Opens the Composer global homepage.
• HomePackage(packageName): Similar to BrowsePackage, opens the package homepage.

Environment dependency

This feature requires the operating system to support opening a browser, and the package must declare a project URL in composer.json. Calling it on a server or CI environment without a GUI may not launch a browser.

🔍 Related methods

• ShowPackage: View package information in the terminal first.
• ShowPackageInfo: Structured retrieval of the package's Homepage field.