moving open external link functionality into shared lib.

frontend/src/app/directives/external-link.directive.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {Directive, HostBinding, HostListener, Input} from '@angular/core';
 import {environment} from '../../environments/environment';
+import {OpenExternalLink} from '../../lib/utils/external_link';
 
 // In desktop mode external links can allow the user to navigate away from the app, without any means to return.
 // We can prevent this by forcing all external links to open in a new tab
@@ -37,19 +38,8 @@ export class ExternalLinkDirective {
   onClick(event: MouseEvent) {
     event.preventDefault();
 
-    let url: string = (<any>event.currentTarget).getAttribute("href") || (<any>event.target).getAttribute("href");
+    let url: string = (<any> event.currentTarget).getAttribute("href") || (<any> event.target).getAttribute("href");
 
-    //check if url starts with https, and if not, prepend it (external links are never relative)
-    if(!url.startsWith("https://") && !url.startsWith("http://")){
-      url = "https://" + url;
-    }
-
-    //check if wails exists and is defined
-    if(typeof wails !== "undefined" && environment.environment_desktop){
-      wails.CallByName("pkg.AppService.BrowserOpenURL", url)
-    } else{
-      window.open(url, "_blank");
-    }
+    OpenExternalLink(url, environment.environment_desktop)
   }
-
 }

frontend/src/app/services/lighthouse.service.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {uuidV4} from '../../lib/utils/uuid';
 import {LighthouseSourceSearch} from '../models/lighthouse/lighthouse-source-search';
 import {HTTP_CLIENT_TOKEN} from "../dependency-injection";
 import {MedicalSourcesFilter} from './medical-sources-filter.service';
+import {OpenExternalLink} from '../../lib/utils/external_link';
 
 export const sourceConnectDesktopTimeout = 24*5000 //wait 2 minutes (5 * 24 = 120)
 
@@ -169,9 +170,11 @@ export class LighthouseService {
     //if we're in desktop mode, we can open a new window, rather than redirecting the current window (which is an app frame)
     if(environment.environment_desktop && environment.popup_source_auth){
       //@ts-ignore
-      let openedWindow = window.runtime.BrowserOpenURL(redirectUrlParts.toString());
 
-      this.waitForDesktopCodeOrTimeout(openedWindow, sourceType).subscribe(async (codeData) => {
+      OpenExternalLink(redirectUrlParts.toString(), environment.environment_desktop)
+      // let openedWindow = window.runtime.BrowserOpenURL(redirectUrlParts.toString());
+
+      this.waitForDesktopCodeOrTimeout(null, sourceType).subscribe(async (codeData) => {
         //TODO: redirect to the callback url with the code.
         console.log("DONE WAITING FOR CODE")
       })

frontend/src/lib/utils/external_link.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+export function OpenExternalLink(url: string, desktopMode: boolean){
+  //check if url starts with https, and if not, prepend it (external links are never relative)
+  if(!url.startsWith("https://") && !url.startsWith("http://")){
+    url = "https://" + url;
+  }
+
+  //check if wails exists and is defined
+  if(typeof wails !== "undefined" && desktopMode){
+    wails.CallByName("pkg.AppService.BrowserOpenURL", url)
+  } else{
+    window.open(url, "_blank");
+  }
+
+}