Added browser start and kill function

scoreboard/controllers/cli.js

@@ -1,13 +1,31 @@
-const exec = require('node:child_process');
+const { spawn } = require('node:child_process')
 
-// run the `ls` command using exec
-exec('ls ./', (err, output) => {
-    // once the command has completed, the callback function is called
-    if (err) {
-        // log and return if we encounter an error
-        console.error("could not execute command: ", err)
-        return
+let command;
+let browserOpen = false;
+
+async function openBrowser() {
+    if(!browserOpen) {
+        // const command = spawn("chromium-browser --display=:0 --noerrors --disable-session-crashed-bubble --disable-infobars --start-fullscreen http://localhost:3000 &")
+        command = spawn('chromium-browser', ['--display=:0', '--incognito', '--noerrors', '--hide-crash-restore-bubble', '--disable-infobars', '--kiosk', 'http://localhost:3000']);
+    
+        command.stdout.on('data', data => {
+            console.log("stdout: ", data.toString());
+        });
+        
+        command.stderr.on('data', data => {
+            console.log("sterr: ", data.toString());
+        });
+        browserOpen = true;
     }
-    // log the output received from the command
-    console.log("Output: \n", output)
-})
+}
+
+async function killBrowser() {
+    if(browserOpen) {
+        command.kill();
+        browserOpen = false;
+    }
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+    openBrowser, killBrowser
+}

scoreboard/public/javascripts/admin.js

@@ -132,6 +132,14 @@ async function refreshMonitor() {
     const response = await fetch("/admin/refreshMonitor");      // Call API Endpoint /admin/timerStart
 }
 
+async function openBrowser() {
+    const response = await fetch("/admin/openBrowser");      // Call API Endpoint /admin/openBrowser
+}
+
+async function killBrowser() {
+    const response = await fetch("/admin/killBrowser");      // Call API Endpoint /admin/killBrowser
+}
+
 // ######################################################################################################################################################
 // Timerfunctions
 // ######################################################################################################################################################

scoreboard/routes/admin.js

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const io = require('../controllers/socketio');
 
 const timer = require('../controllers/timer');
 const score = require('../controllers/score');
+const cli = require('../controllers/cli');
 const db = require('../controllers/db');
 
 // ######################################################################################################################################################
@@ -18,8 +19,16 @@ router.get('/refreshMonitor', function(req, res, next) {
     res.send();                             // send empty response
 });
 
-// Express router endpoint to do cli stuff
-router.get('/cli', function(req, res, next) {
+// Express router endpoint to open browser
+router.get('/openBrowser', function(req, res, next) {
+    cli.openBrowser();
+    res.status(200);                        // Set http status code to 200 (success)
+    res.send();                             // send empty response
+});
+
+// Express router endpoint to kill browser
+router.get('/killBrowser', function(req, res, next) {
+    cli.killBrowser();
     res.status(200);                        // Set http status code to 200 (success)
     res.send();                             // send empty response
 });