Web Browser Module - Can't Loop through a list of URLs with 'for' Loops

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I have the following code which will import a .txt file with a list of urls that, with the for statement, I'd like open one by one. Unfortunately webbrowser won't open the link by one by one, but it would open a new Chrome tab with the url "https://link" hence giving me a "about:blank" tab. Do you guys have any idea how to make it work?Thank you very much!

import webbrowser as wb
chrome="/Users/jamesnorton/applications %s"
file=open('File.txt')
for link in file:
    wb.get("google").open_new('link')

ErnestBidouille · Accepted Answer · 2022-10-14 17:58:43Z

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You are passing a string as parameter not a variable.

Try this instead:

import webbrowser as wb
chrome="/Users/jamesnorton/applications %s"
file=open(file='File.txt',mode='r')
links = file.read()
lines = links.splitlines()
for link in lines:
    wb.get("google").open_new(link)

edited Oct 14, 2022 at 17:58

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answered Oct 10, 2022 at 15:13

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lokp Over a year ago

Tell me if problem is not solved

jackal Over a year ago

That will not solve the problem due in part to a syntax error. Strings are variables albeit immutable

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