Permission to open snap store within my app

snapcraft
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I already have an app in snap store, but I like to add a button that allows users to pop up snap store of my app so they can give it thumb up or down.

I know the follow command would work if I have permission:

snap-store grapher

My question is:

  1. Is there a better alternative for opening snap store within my app than starting a new process with above command? (preferably a solution that doesn’t need any extra permissions)
  2. If not, what permission do I need to give to my app so that running snap-store is not blocked?
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Have you tried running snappy-debug on your snap in order to check it? It usually show what connection is missing for performed action.

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xdg-open snap://grapher

This’ll work in both strict and classic and will open any app that claims to support the snap:// protocol. With the default snap-store that’ll open the store up for you and take them right to it.

I think this could possibly work with no permissions but to be safe and use portals over snapds own workarounds, you’d just need desktop as an interface which is automatically connected.

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Awesome thanks! Using snap://grapher worked smoothly without need for desktop interface.