Python: how to open default browser using webbrowser module?

Question

So I'm fairly new to the language, and I wanted to play music from a site. Using the webbrowser module, I executed the code below I was told that it will open the site in the default browser.

import webbrowser
webbrowser.open("Youtube.com")

It works just as expected but opens the site using the almighty Internet Explorer which, we all know is no one's default browser. If it helps in anyway, my default browser is Google Chrome

scharette · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-05T06:01:39.213

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Try using get():

webbrowser.get('chrome').open('https://www.youtube.com')

EDIT

Make sure to use the full path to the site

edited Nov 05 '17 at 06:01

answered Nov 05 '17 at 05:51

scharette

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It just executes and nothing happens – Josh The Python Dweller Nov 05 '17 at 05:53
Did you add a controller type ? – scharette Nov 05 '17 at 05:56
@JoshThePythonDweller Try updated answer. – scharette Nov 05 '17 at 06:00
this will work just for chrome. what if user has any other browser ??? – mrid Nov 05 '17 at 06:04
Well he asked for chrome so I added a solution for it. If you want another browser, follow my link to `get()` and change the controller type. So it is not just for chrome – scharette Nov 05 '17 at 06:05

srikavineehari · Answer 2 · 2017-11-05T07:06:11.313

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Try this:

>>> import webbrowser
>>> browser_path = "C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe %s"
>>> url = "https://www.youtube.com"
>>> webbrowser.get(browser_path).open(url)
True

Note the Unix-style path. This is because webbrowser internally does a shlex.split on the path, which will just erase Windows-style path separators

Registering the browser also works on Windows:

>>> import webbrowser as wb
>>> wb.register('chrome', None)
>>> wb.open('https://www.youtube.com')
True
>>> wb.open('https://www.google.com')
True
>>> wb.open('https://stackoverflow.com')
True

edited Nov 05 '17 at 07:06

answered Nov 05 '17 at 06:49

srikavineehari

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Both are not working. still opening the same explorer browser – Rahul charan Jun 24 '19 at 07:56

mrid · Answer 3 · 2017-11-05T06:05:46.347

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use

import webbrowser as wb
wb.get('windows-default').open('Youtube.com'

For a particular browser, you can try using:

wb.get('chrome %s').open('Youtube.com') # for chrome

edited Nov 05 '17 at 06:05

answered Nov 05 '17 at 05:53

mrid

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I tried both, the application just executes and nothing happens – Josh The Python Dweller Nov 05 '17 at 05:59
is there any error ? – mrid Nov 05 '17 at 06:00
none, just blank... – Josh The Python Dweller Nov 05 '17 at 06:02

Python: how to open default browser using webbrowser module?

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