OSX Swift open URL in default browser

Question

How to open a url in system default browser by using Swift as programming language and OSX as plattform.

I found a lot with UIApplication like

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Answer 1

Just a bonus. If you want to open a URL in a specific browser(even other client who can handle that URL), here is the Swift 3 code tested on Xcode 8.2.1 and macOS 10.12.2.

/// appId: `nil` use the default HTTP client, or set what you want, e.g. Safari `com.apple.Safari`
func open(url: URL, appId: String? = nil) -> Bool {
  return NSWorkspace.shared().open(
    [url],
    withAppBundleIdentifier: appId,
    options: NSWorkspaceLaunchOptions.default,
    additionalEventParamDescriptor: nil,
    launchIdentifiers: nil
  )
}