How to open url with the default web browser from terminal using Python?

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Is it possible to open up certain web addresses using the default internet browser with python?

I know OS X has an open command, where you can pass in a URL, and it'll open up the default browser and point it to the given domain.

But how would I go about doing this for other unix-based AND windows-based machines? Basically, I'd like to make a CLI (written in python), and have a cross-OS way of opening the browser from the terminal.

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 16 '12 at 02:47

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webbrowser

answered Apr 16 '12 at 02:47

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

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What's the point in giving the [same](http://stackoverflow.com/a/4039928/95735) answer for the [same](http://stackoverflow.com/q/4039924/95735) question over and over again? – Piotr Dobrogost Apr 16 '12 at 06:44
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@Piotr: Tell them to stop asking the same question then. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Apr 16 '12 at 06:46
We can't tell them to stop but we certainly can and should close/delete them. But seeing how even high rep users don't care I think it's going to stay this way. – Piotr Dobrogost Apr 16 '12 at 08:20

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 16 '12 at 02:48

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"Unix" doesn't; OS X does. Linux and *BSD, if they have the freedesktop.org stuff installed, should have xdg-open (and if you're lucky it will even do something sensible); Windows has start (as in, start http://some.url should work). There are better ways to do this portably.

answered Apr 16 '12 at 02:48

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Thanks for the clarification - I just assumed it was for all unix-based machines, not just OS X. – Connor Apr 16 '12 at 02:49

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 16 '12 at 03:15

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import os

if os.name == 'posix':
    os.system("open "+str(website))
elif os.name == 'nt':
    os.system("start "+str(website))

answered Apr 16 '12 at 03:15

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How to open url with the default web browser from terminal using Python?

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