Is there any way to open a browser window with a specified URL, then close the browser at a later point?
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Yes, use python's builtin webbrowser module for this.
>>> import webbrowser
>>> url = 'http://www.python.org/'
>>> webbrowser.open_new(url)
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W00t
Which opens, but doesn't provide for closing.
RanRag
@W00t: Can you please explain the context of your problem as to what you are really trying to achieve by opening and closing browser tabs.
W00t
I'm attempting to load a list of sites with a 60 second delay in between, but the sites cannot be open alongside each other.
RanRag
ok suppose you open
5 pages at a delay of 60 seconds so while closing the webpages you want to close them one by one or all at once. |
The webbrowser module, the easiest way to open a browser window, does not provide a way to close a browser window that it has opened.
For this level of control, try the Selenium module. It's a bit more involved, but offers more control.
Here's an example they give of opening and closing a page:
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
browser = webdriver.Firefox()
browser.get('http://www.yahoo.com')
assert 'Yahoo' in browser.title
elem = browser.find_element_by_name('p') # Find the search box
elem.send_keys('seleniumhq' + Keys.RETURN)
browser.quit()
