Python webbrowser open to open Chrome browser

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According to the documentation http   docs python org 3 3 library webbrowser html it s supposed to open in the default browser  but for some reason on my machine it opens IE  I did a google search and I came across an answer that said I need to register browsers  but I m not sure how to use webbrowser register   and the documentation doesn t seem to be very clear  How do I register Chrome so that urls I pass to webbrowser open   open in Chrome instead of IE

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Please check this   import webbrowser chrome path    C  Program Files  x86  Google Chrome Application chrome exe  s  webbrowser get chrome path  open  http   docs python org

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I found an answer to my own question raised by  mehrdad s answer below   To query the browser path from Windows in a generic way  mehrdad gives a nice short code that uses the Windows Registry  but did not include quite enough context to get it working     import os  import winreg import shlex  def try find chrome path        result   None     if winreg          for subkey in   ChromeHTML  shell  open  command    Applications  chrome exe  shell  open  command                try  result   winreg QueryValue winreg HKEY CLASSES ROOT  subkey              except WindowsError  pass             if result is not None                  result split   shlex split result  False  True                  result   result split 0  if result split else None                 if os path isfile result                       break                 result   None     else          expected    google-chrome       exe  if os name     nt  else             for parent in os environ get  PATH       split os pathsep               path   os path join parent  expected              if os path isfile path                   result   path                 break     return result  print try find chrome path      Thanks for the answer  mehrdad

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worked for me to open new tab on google-chrome   import webbrowser  webbrowser open new tab  http   www google com

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Made this for a game I play  it was relevant so i m leaving it  It s real simple  Grabs the value from platform system  Checks it against known values for different operating systems  If it finds a match it sets the chrome path for you  If none are found it opens default browser to your link  Hope its useful to someone   import time import os import webbrowser import platform  user OS   platform system   chrome path windows    C  Program Files  x86  Google Chrome Application chrome exe  s  chrome path linux     usr bin google-chrome  s  chrome path mac    open -a  Applications Google  Chrome app  s  chrome path      game site link    https   www gamelink   if user OS     Windows       chrome path   chrome path windows elif user OS     Linux       chrome path   chrome path linux elif user OS     Darwin       chrome path   chrome path mac elif user OS     Java       chrome path   chrome path mac else      webbrowser open new tab game site link   webbrowser get chrome path  open new tab game site link     I actually changed it some more here it is updated since I am still working on this launcher  import time import webbrowser import platform import subprocess import os import sys  privateServerLink    https   www roblox com games 2414851778 TIER-20-Dungeon-Quest privateServerLinkCode GXVlmYh0Z7gwLPBf7H5FWk3ClTVesorY  userBrowserC   input str  Browser Type  chrome  opera  iexplore  firefox       userSleepTime   int input  How long do you want it to run     if userBrowserC     opera       userBrowserD    launcher exe  else      userBrowserD   userBrowserC  if userBrowserC     chrome       taskToKill    chrome exe  else      taskToKill    iexplore exe   if userBrowserC     chrome  and platform system       Windows        browserPath    C  Program Files  x86  Google Chrome Application chrome exe  s  elif userBrowserC     chrome  and platform system       Linux       browserPath     usr bin google-chrome  s  elif userBrowserC     chrome  and platform system       Darwin  or  platform system       Java       browserPath    open -a  Applications Google  Chrome app  s  elif userBrowserC     opera  and platform system       Windows       browserPath    C  Users    os getlogin      AppData Local Programs Opera launcher exe  elif userBrowserC     iexplore  and platform system       Windows       browserPath    C  Program Files internet explorer iexplore exe  s  elif userBrowserC     firefox  and platform system       Windows       browserPath    C  Program Files Mozilla Firefox firefox exe  else      browserPath      while 1    1         subprocess Popen  SynapseX exe       time sleep 7      webbrowser get browserPath  open new tab privateServerLink      time sleep 7        os system  taskkill  f  im   taskToKill      time sleep userSleepTime

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In Selenium to get the URL of the active tab try   from selenium import webdriver  driver   webdriver Firefox   print driver current url   This will print the URL of the Active link   Sending a signal to change the tab  driver find element by tag name  body   send keys Keys CONTROL   Keys TAB    and again use  print driver current url   I am here just providing a pseudo code for you   You can put this in a loop and create your own flow   I new to Stackoverflow so still learning how to write proper answers

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Here s a somewhat robust way to get the path to Chrome    Note that you should do this only if you specifically need Chrome  and not the default browser  or Chromium  or something else    def try find chrome path        result   None     if  winreg          for subkey in   ChromeHTML  shell  open  command    Applications  chrome exe  shell  open  command                try  result    winreg QueryValue  winreg HKEY CLASSES ROOT  subkey              except WindowsError  pass             if result is not None                  result split   shlex split result  False  True                  result   result split 0  if result split else None                 if os path isfile result                       break                 result   None     else          expected    google-chrome       exe  if os name     nt  else             for parent in os environ get  PATH       split os pathsep               path   os path join parent  expected              if os path isfile path                   result   path                 break     return result

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import webbrowser  new   2   open in a new tab  if possible    open a public URL  in this case  the webbrowser docs url    http   docs python org library webbrowser html  webbrowser get using  google-chrome   open url new new    you can use any other browser by changing the parameter  using  as given in  a link

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If you have set the default browser in windows then you can do this   open google   webbrowser get  windows-default   open  https   google com       OR  open google   webbrowser open  https   google com

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One thing I noticed and ran into problems with were the slashes  in Windows you need to have two of them in the path an then this works fine  import webbrowser chrome path    quot C   Program Files  x86   Google  Chrome  Application  Chrome exe  s quot  webbrowser get chrome path  open  quot https   github com  quot    This at least works for me

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Worked for me in windows  Put the path of your chrome application and do not forget to put th  s at the end  I am still trying to open the browser with html code without saving the file    I will add the code when I ll find how   import webbrowser chromedir   C  Program Files  x86  Google Chrome Application chrome exe  s  webbrowser get chromedir  open  http   pythonprogramming altervista org         link to   a page from my blog where I explain this  lt  lt  lt

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You can call get   with the path to Chrome  Below is an example - replace chrome path with the correct path for your platform   import webbrowser  url    http   docs python org      MacOS chrome path    open -a  Applications Google  Chrome app  s     Windows   chrome path    C  Program Files  x86  Google Chrome Application chrome exe  s     Linux   chrome path     usr bin google-chrome  s   webbrowser get chrome path  open url

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if sys platform  3      win         First try to use the default Windows browser     register  windows-default   WindowsDefault         Detect some common Windows browsers  fallback to IE     iexplore   os path join os environ get  PROGRAMFILES    C   Program Files                                 Mozilla Firefox  FIREFOX EXE       for browser in   firefox    firebird    seamonkey    mozilla                        netscape    opera   iexplore           if shutil which browser               register browser  None  BackgroundBrowser browser        100  Work    See line number 535-545  Change the path of iexplore to firefox or Chrome According to your requirement      in my case change path I Mention in the above code for firefox setting

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In the case of Windows  the path uses a UNIX-style path  so make the backslash into forward slashes   webbrowser get  C  Program Files  x86  Google Chrome Application chrome exe  s   open  http   google com     See  Python  generic webbrowser get   open   for chrome exe does not work

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x000D   x000D  from selenium import webdriver x000D   driver   webdriver Firefox   x000D  driver   webdriver Chrome   x000D  driver get  http   www python org   x000D   x000D   x000D

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at least in Windows it has to be enough and you do not have to take care about path to the browser   import webbrowser  url    https   stackoverflow com   webbrowser open url    Note  With the above lines of code  it only opens in windows defualt browser Microsoft Edge

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