webbrowser is a convenient Python standard library module. It opened my Firefox browser on my Ubuntu Linux operating system running on a Chromebook. This code is adapted from a Python Examples blog post. Below is a list of other browsers you can open with webbrowser. At the bottom of this post, you’ll find more tools to interact with browsers and GUIs programmatically.
import webbrowser
firefox_sh = '/usr/lib/firefox/firefox.sh'
webbrowser.register('firefox',
None,
webbrowser.BackgroundBrowser(firefox_sh))
url = 'https://atomic-temporary-107329037.wpcomstaging.com'
webbrowser.get('firefox').open_new_tab(url)
print(webbrowser._browsers)
| Type Name | Class Name |
|---|---|
'mozilla' | Mozilla('mozilla') |
'firefox' | Mozilla('mozilla') |
'netscape' | Mozilla('netscape') |
'galeon' | Galeon('galeon') |
'epiphany' | Galeon('epiphany') |
'skipstone' | BackgroundBrowser('skipstone') |
'kfmclient' | Konqueror() |
'konqueror' | Konqueror() |
'kfm' | Konqueror() |
'mosaic' | BackgroundBrowser('mosaic') |
'opera' | Opera() |
'grail' | Grail() |
'links' | GenericBrowser('links') |
'elinks' | Elinks('elinks') |
'lynx' | GenericBrowser('lynx') |
'w3m' | GenericBrowser('w3m') |
'windows-default' | WindowsDefault |
'macosx' | MacOSX('default') |
'safari' | MacOSX('safari') |
'google-chrome' | Chrome('google-chrome') |
'chrome' | Chrome('chrome') |
'chromium' | Chromium('chromium') |
'chromium-browser' | Chromium('chromium-browser') |
Check out these other browser\gui automation tools:
- pyautogui
- Selenium
- RPA for Python
- robotframework
- TagUI
- Sikuli
- Open RPA
- Power Automate
- CasperJS
- PhantomJS
- SlimerJS
see also: Robot Process Automation, Things You Can Do With a Browser in 2020
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