Searching for a Python API that allows to launch firefox

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I would love to write in Python a program that can:

Launch firefox browser
Pass automatically a given URL to that browser

I have no idea if Python does even allow this. You can just give me a hint like the name of the library that does this work (if it exists) and I will do the rest myself.

Soo.. write it? If you'd love to do it i mean :) Programming is not so much "if it can" as it is "what you can", Python can do it and I know FireFox is quite modular. `subprocess.Popen` ;) — Torxed, May 26 '14 at 12:56

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 26 '14 at 13:01

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This is actually built in to the Python standard library (I've never been exactly sure why, it's a bit of a random piece of functionality).

import webbrowser
webbrowser.open(my_url)

answered May 26 '14 at 13:01

Daniel Roseman

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What webbrowser does it open? The OP asks for firefox explicitly, although it may not be relevant. – jspurim May 26 '14 at 13:06
Yes, I would love what brower does webbrowser open by default – May 26 '14 at 13:08

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 26 '14 at 13:01

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One option would be to launch Firefox using selenium and interact with it using WebDriver API:

from selenium import webdriver

driver = webdriver.Firefox()
driver.get(url)

answered May 26 '14 at 13:01

alecxe

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is webdriver working the same way on windwos and ubutun ? – May 26 '14 at 13:10
@begueradj yup, basically, write once, use wherever you want. – alecxe May 26 '14 at 13:11

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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Combine this other answer in stackoverflow with this from mozilla's forum and you get:

from subprocess import call
call(["firefox", "http://your_url"])

edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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answered May 26 '14 at 13:00

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I think this needs firefox to be run first – May 26 '14 at 13:15
@begueradj Why you say so? I can't find that in mozilla documentation. I don't have firefox installed in this machine to test it. – jspurim May 26 '14 at 13:18

Searching for a Python API that allows to launch firefox

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