Opening tabs using Webbrowser module in Python

Question

I'm writing a Python Script using webbrowser module to automatically open the desired webpages.
The issue I'm facing is that I'm only able to open the webpages on different Browser windows and not on the same Browser window on different tabs.

Below is the code that I'm using.

#! /usr/bin/python -tt

import webbrowser

def main():

    webbrowser.open('url1')
    webbrowser.open('url2')
    webbrowser.open('url3')
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

I want to open all these links on the same web browser window on separate tabs and not on different browser windows. Thanks :)

Lachlan · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-09 07:07:28Z

5

You need to use webbrowser.open_new_tab(url). For example...

import webbrowser
url = 'http://www.stackoverflow.com'
url2 = 'http://www.stackexchange.com'

def main():
    webbrowser.open(url2) # To open new window
    print('Opening Stack Exchange website!')
    webbrowser.open_new_tab(url) # To open in new tab
    print('Opening Stack Overflow website in a new tab!')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

edited Oct 9, 2019 at 7:07

answered Sep 30, 2014 at 7:25

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harveyD Over a year ago

Waiting for 3 mins to get over. It won't allow me to do before 3 mins. I just checked in ;)

EngineeringAsArt · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-29 18:17:11Z

3

In python 3.6, a complete answer will include both webbrowser.open_new() and webbrowser.open_new_tab() from the webbrowser docs.

import webbrowser

def main():
    # print(webbrowser._browsers) # for Python 3.x to determine .get() arg
    browser = webbrowser.get('firefox')

    urls = ['url1', 'url2', 'url3']

    first = True
    for url in urls:
        if first:
            browser.open_new(url)
            first = False
        else:
            browser.open_new_tab(url)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Enjoy the code. +1 if it helped you out. Cheers!

answered Nov 29, 2018 at 18:17

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Vasily Ryabov · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-30 07:23:31Z

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Simply webbrowser.open_new_tab('url')

answered Sep 30, 2014 at 7:23

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