Chris Angelico wrote, on January 04, 2017 4:16 AM > > Yeah, there's no simple answer; however, you'll find that > Python on many platforms is entirely capable of popping a URL > up in the user's default browser. Check this out: > > >>> import antigravity
I downloaded the code from the Package Index, but there really wasn't much in it. This is the entire .py file: STRIP_URL = "http://xkcd.com/353/"; def start(): return STRIP_URL And setup.py is equally disappointing: from distutils.core import setup setup( name='antigravity', version='0.1', description='A really simple module that allow everyone to do "import antigravity"', author='Fabien Schwob', author_email='antigrav...@x-phuture.com', url='http://fabien.schwob.org/antigravity/', packages=['antigravity'], ) > This uses the 'webbrowser' module, which knows about a number > of different ways to open a browser, and will attempt them > all. So if you can figure out the UI part of things, actually > making the link pop up in a browser isn't too hard; for > instance, if you're doing OAuth at the command line and need > the user to go and authenticate, you can simply > webbrowser.open("http://......./";) and it'll DTRT. > > ChrisA All the action of antigravity must be done by the import statement. When import opens a module that immediately returns a url, it must have a mechanism to open it in a browser. It would be very easy to do the same thing with my own .py and import it into another .py. Or, take a look at import's code and figure out how it opens a url in a browser. I imagine it's the 'webbrowser' module you mention. If it tries several methods, just pick one that will work for you. Or, take a look at this Index of Packages Matching 'webbrowser' (~50 packages) https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=search&term=webbrowser&submit=sea rch D'Arcy was right, there's lots in python that's internet aware, though that wasn't the question I knew to ask. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
