desktop-launch interface

The desktop-launch interface allows strictly confined snaps to identify and launch desktop applications in (or from) other snaps.

Developer details

Auto-connect: no
Super-privileged: yes

Endpoint access permissions

• /v2/snaps/{name}
• /v2/snaps
• /v2/icons/{name}/icon

Requires snapd version 2.52+.

Code examples

The source code for this interface is in the snapd repository: https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/blob/master/interfaces/builtin/desktop_launch.go