How to execute a hyperlink?

Jon Clements joncle at googlemail.com
Tue Jan 27 20:06:04 EST 2009


On Jan 28, 12:59 am, Muddy Coder <cosmo_gene... at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> Module os provides a means of running shell commands, such as:
>
> import os
> os.system('dir .')
>
> will execute command dir
>
> I think a hyperlink should also be executed. I tried:
>
> os.system('http://somedomain.com/foo.cgi?name=foo&passwd=bar')
>
> but I got kicked out by the Python interpreter. I wonder somebody
> knows the syntax of triggering a hyperlink? Thanks in advance!
>
> Muddy Coder

The webbrowser module springs to mind.

hth
Jon.



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