Python print hyperlink in gnome-terminal

Question

I can use this special escape sequence to print a hyperlink in bash:

echo -e '\e]8;;http://example.com\e\\This is a link\e]8;;\e\\\n'

Result (Link I can click on):

This is a link

Now I want to generate this in Python 3.10:

print('\e]8;;http://example.com\e\\This is a link\e]8;;\e\\\n')
\e]8;;http://example.com\e\This is a link\e]8;;\e\

print(r'\e]8;;http://example.com\e\\This is a link\e]8;;\e\\\n')
\e]8;;http://example.com\e\\This is a link\e]8;;\e\\\n

As you can see, the escape sequence is not interpreted by the shell. Other escape sequences, like the one for bold text, work:

print('\033[1mYOUR_STRING\033[0m')
YOUR_STRING    # <- is actually bold

How can I get python to format the URL correctly?

Does this answer your question? [How to print colored text to the terminal](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/287871/how-to-print-colored-text-to-the-terminal) — F. Hauri - Give Up GitHub, Jan 29 '22 at 10:05
From [This answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/21786287/1765658), with some tries: `print('\x1b]8;;' + 'http://example.com' + '\x1b\\' + 'This is a link' + '\x1b]8;;\x1b\\\n' )` — F. Hauri - Give Up GitHub, Jan 29 '22 at 10:12

F. Hauri - Give Up GitHub · Accepted Answer · 2022-01-29T11:30:03.667

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From This answer, after some tries:

print('\x1b]8;;' + 'http://example.com' + '\x1b\\' + 'This is a link' +  '\x1b]8;;\x1b\\\n' )

Then better:

print( '\x1b]8;;%s\x1b\\%s\x1b]8;;\x1b\\' %
       ( 'http://example.com' , 'This is a link' ) )

edited Jan 29 '22 at 11:30

answered Jan 29 '22 at 10:31

F. Hauri - Give Up GitHub

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