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Web scraping: webbrowser issue
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(Jul-10-2018, 11:22 PM)metulburr Wrote: Im not too sure about windows but you may have to register it?
import webbrowser
ffpath = 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe'
print(webbrowser._tryorder)
webbrowser.register('firefox', None, webbrowser.BackgroundBrowser(ffpath), 1)
print(webbrowser._tryorder)
ff = webbrowser.get('firefox')
ff.open("http://www.google.com")

this is what I get
Error:
['windows-default', 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Internet Explorer\\IEXPLORE.EXE'] Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Python36\kodovi\browsers.py", line 3, in <module> wb.register('firefox', None, wb.BackgroundBrowser(ffpath), 1) NameError: name 'ffpath' is not defined
I practise Python on old laptop that has Windows 7. What I did is that I made Firefox a default browser through itself - Tools > Options. It's a simplier option, but I wanted to know is it possible to change a browser through a code.
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Messages In This Thread
Web scraping: webbrowser issue - by Truman - Jul-09-2018, 10:20 PM
RE: Web scraping: webbrowser issue - by Larz60+ - Jul-09-2018, 10:56 PM
RE: Web scraping: webbrowser issue - by metulburr - Jul-10-2018, 03:42 AM
RE: Web scraping: webbrowser issue - by snippsat - Jul-10-2018, 03:56 PM
RE: Web scraping: webbrowser issue - by Truman - Jul-10-2018, 09:53 PM
RE: Web scraping: webbrowser issue - by metulburr - Jul-10-2018, 10:29 PM
RE: Web scraping: webbrowser issue - by Truman - Jul-10-2018, 10:36 PM
RE: Web scraping: webbrowser issue - by metulburr - Jul-10-2018, 11:22 PM
RE: Web scraping: webbrowser issue - by Truman - Jul-11-2018, 11:00 PM
RE: Web scraping: webbrowser issue - by snippsat - Jul-10-2018, 11:55 PM
RE: Web scraping: webbrowser issue - by snippsat - Jul-11-2018, 11:57 PM

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