URL-Bridge to send URLs to another computer for opening

client-conf.json

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+{
+	"host": "server-host",
+	"port": 11223
+}

client.js

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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+var fs = require('fs');
+var net = require('net');
+
+fs.readFile(__dirname + '/client-conf.json', function (err, data) {
+	if (err) {
+		console.log('Cannot read config file');
+		process.exit(1);
+	}
+
+	var config = JSON.parse(data);
+
+	var urls = process.argv.splice(2);
+	if (urls.length === 0) {
+		process.exit();
+	}
+
+	var client = net.connect({ port: config.port, host: config.host }, function() {
+		urls.forEach(function(arg) {
+			client.write(arg + "\n");
+		});
+		client.end();
+	});
+	client.on('error', function(err) {
+		console.log(err);
+	});
+
+});

server-conf.json

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+{
+	"listen": 11223
+}

server.js

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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+process.title = 'node-url-bridge';
+
+var fs = require('fs');
+var net = require('net');
+var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
+
+fs.readFile(__dirname + '/server-conf.json', function (err, data) {
+	if (err) {
+		console.log('Cannot read config file');
+		process.exit(1);
+	}
+
+	var config = JSON.parse(data);
+
+	var server = net.createServer(function(socket) {
+		socket.on('data', function(data) {
+			var url = data.toString()
+				.replace(/[\s\r\n]+$/, '')
+				.replace('&', '&');
+			if (url.indexOf('http') === 0) {
+				spawn('xdg-open', [ url ]);
+			}
+		});
+	});
+	server.listen(config.listen);
+
+});
+