Added creation of a shortcut on the desktop

api/controllers/label.go

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+package controllers
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"os/user"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/Redume/EveryNasa/api/utils"
+	"github.com/Redume/EveryNasa/functions"
+)
+
+var CreateLabel = func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	u, err := user.Current()
+	if err != nil {
+		functions.Logger(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	dir, err := os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		functions.Logger(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	dir = strings.Replace(dir, "\\", "\\\\", -1) + "\\EveryNasa.exe"
+
+	err = functions.CreateLnk(dir, strings.Replace(u.HomeDir, "\\", "\\\\", -1)+"\\Desktop\\EveryNasa.lnk")
+	if err != nil {
+		functions.Logger(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	utils.Respond(w, utils.Message(true, "The shortcut was successfully created"))
+}

functions/createLnk.go

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+package functions
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/go-ole/go-ole"
+	"github.com/go-ole/go-ole/oleutil"
+)
+
+func CreateLnk(src, dst string) error {
+	err := ole.CoInitializeEx(0, ole.COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED|ole.COINIT_SPEED_OVER_MEMORY)
+	if err != nil {
+		Logger(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	oleShellObject, err := oleutil.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
+	if err != nil {
+		Logger(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	defer oleShellObject.Release()
+	wshell, err := oleShellObject.QueryInterface(ole.IID_IDispatch)
+	if err != nil {
+		Logger(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	defer wshell.Release()
+	cs, err := oleutil.CallMethod(wshell, "CreateShortcut", dst)
+	if err != nil {
+		Logger(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	idispatch := cs.ToIDispatch()
+	_, err = oleutil.PutProperty(idispatch, "TargetPath", src)
+	if err != nil {
+		Logger(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	dir, err := os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		Logger(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	_, err = oleutil.PutProperty(idispatch, "WorkingDirectory", dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		Logger(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	_, err = oleutil.CallMethod(idispatch, "Save")
+	if err != nil {
+		Logger(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}

web/static/scripts/createLabel.js

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+let button = document.querySelector("#createLabelButton");
+button.addEventListener("click", function() {
+    $.ajax({
+       url: "http://localhost:8080/api/create/label",
+       type: "POST",
+       success: function(data) {
+           if(data.status) {
+                $(".toast-body").text(data.message);
+                let toastLiveExample = document.getElementById('liveToast');
+                let toast = new bootstrap.Toast(toastLiveExample);
+                toast.show();
+           } else {
+                $(".toast-body").text("An error occurred while creating the label.");
+                let toastLiveExample = document.getElementById('liveToast');
+                let toast = new bootstrap.Toast(toastLiveExample);
+                toast.show();
+           }
+       }
+    });
+});