cpython/Lib/webbrowser.py

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"""Remote-control interfaces to common browsers."""
import os
import sys
class Error(Exception):
pass
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_browsers = {} # Dictionary of available browser controllers
_tryorder = [] # Preference order of available browsers
def register(name, klass, instance=None):
"""Register a browser connector and, optionally, connection."""
_browsers[name.lower()] = [klass, instance]
def get(using=None):
"""Return a browser launcher instance appropriate for the environment."""
if using:
alternatives = [using]
else:
alternatives = _tryorder
for browser in alternatives:
if browser.find('%s') > -1:
# User gave us a command line, don't mess with it.
return browser
else:
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# User gave us a browser name.
command = _browsers[browser.lower()]
if command[1] is None:
return command[0]()
else:
return command[1]
raise Error("could not locate runnable browser")
# Please note: the following definition hides a builtin function.
def open(url, new=0, autoraise=1):
get().open(url, new, autoraise)
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def open_new(url): # Marked deprecated. May be removed in 2.1.
get().open(url, 1)
#
# Everything after this point initializes _browsers and _tryorder,
# then disappears. Some class definitions and instances remain
# live through these globals, but only the minimum set needed to
# support the user's platform.
#
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#
# Platform support for Unix
#
# This is the right test because all these Unix browsers require either
# a console terminal of an X display to run. Note that we cannot split
# the TERM and DISPLAY cases, because we might be running Python from inside
# an xterm.
if os.environ.get("TERM") or os.environ.get("DISPLAY"):
PROCESS_CREATION_DELAY = 4
_tryorder = ("mozilla","netscape","kfm","grail","links","lynx","w3m")
def _iscommand(cmd):
"""Return true if cmd can be found on the executable search path."""
path = os.environ.get("PATH")
if not path:
return 0
for d in path.split(os.pathsep):
exe = os.path.join(d, cmd)
if os.path.isfile(exe):
return 1
return 0
class GenericBrowser:
def __init__(self, cmd):
self.command = cmd
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def open(self, url, new=0, autoraise=1):
os.system(self.command % url)
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def open_new(self, url): # Deprecated. May be removed in 2.1.
self.open(url)
# Easy cases first -- register console browsers if we have them.
if os.environ.get("TERM"):
# The Links browser <http://artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mikulas/links/>
if _iscommand("links"):
register("links", None, GenericBrowser("links %s"))
# The Lynx browser <http://lynx.browser.org/>
if _iscommand("lynx"):
register("lynx", None, GenericBrowser("lynx %s"))
# The w3m browser <http://ei5nazha.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/~aito/w3m/eng/>
if _iscommand("w3m"):
register("w3m", None, GenericBrowser("w3m %s"))
# X browsers have mre in the way of options
if os.environ.get("DISPLAY"):
# First, the Netscape series
if _iscommand("netscape") or _iscommand("mozilla"):
class Netscape:
"Launcher class for Netscape browsers."
def __init__(self, name):
self.name = name
def _remote(self, action, autoraise):
raise_opt = ("-noraise", "-raise")[autoraise]
cmd = "%s %s -remote '%s' >/dev/null 2>&1" % (self.name,
raise_opt,
action)
rc = os.system(cmd)
if rc:
import time
os.system("%s -no-about-splash &" % self.name)
time.sleep(PROCESS_CREATION_DELAY)
rc = os.system(cmd)
return not rc
def open(self, url, new=0, autoraise=1):
if new:
self._remote("openURL(%s, new-window)"%url, autoraise)
else:
self._remote("openURL(%s)" % url, autoraise)
# Deprecated. May be removed in 2.1.
def open_new(self, url):
self.open(url, 1)
if _iscommand("mozilla"):
register("mozilla", None, Netscape("mozilla"))
if _iscommand("netscape"):
register("netscape", None, Netscape("netscape"))
# Next, Mosaic -- old but still in use.
if _iscommand("mosaic"):
register("mosaic", None, GenericBrowser("mosaic %s >/dev/null &"))
# Konqueror/kfm, the KDE browser.
if _iscommand("kfm"):
class Konqueror:
"""Controller for the KDE File Manager (kfm, or Konqueror).
See http://developer.kde.org/documentation/other/kfmclient.html
for more information on the Konqueror remote-control interface.
"""
def _remote(self, action):
cmd = "kfmclient %s >/dev/null 2>&1" % action
rc = os.system(cmd)
if rc:
import time
os.system("kfm -d &")
time.sleep(PROCESS_CREATION_DELAY)
rc = os.system(cmd)
return not rc
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def open(self, url, new=1, autoraise=1):
# XXX Currently I know no way to prevent KFM from
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# opening a new win.
self._remote("openURL %s" % url)
# Deprecated. May be removed in 2.1.
open_new = open
register("kfm", Konqueror, None)
# Grail, the Python browser.
if _iscommand("grail"):
class Grail:
# There should be a way to maintain a connection to
# Grail, but the Grail remote control protocol doesn't
# really allow that at this point. It probably neverwill!
def _find_grail_rc(self):
import glob
import pwd
import socket
import tempfile
tempdir = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(),
".grail-unix")
user = pwd.getpwuid(_os.getuid())[0]
filename = os.path.join(tempdir, user + "-*")
maybes = glob.glob(filename)
if not maybes:
return None
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
for fn in maybes:
# need to PING each one until we find one that's live
try:
s.connect(fn)
except socket.error:
# no good; attempt to clean it out, but don't fail:
try:
os.unlink(fn)
except IOError:
pass
else:
return s
def _remote(self, action):
s = self._find_grail_rc()
if not s:
return 0
s.send(action)
s.close()
return 1
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def open(self, url, new=0, autoraise=1):
if new:
self._remote("LOADNEW " + url)
else:
self._remote("LOAD " + url)
# Deprecated. May be removed in 2.1.
def open_new(self, url):
self.open(url, 1)
register("grail", Grail, None)
#
# Platform support for Windows
#
if sys.platform[:3] == "win":
_tryorder = ("netscape", "windows-default")
class WindowsDefault:
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def open(self, url, new=0, autoraise=1):
os.startfile(url)
def open_new(self, url): # Deprecated. May be removed in 2.1.
self.open(url)
register("windows-default", WindowsDefault)
#
# Platform support for MacOS
#
try:
import ic
except ImportError:
pass
else:
class InternetConfig:
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def open(self, url, new=0, autoraise=1):
ic.launchurl(url)
def open_new(self, url): # Deprecated. May be removed in 2.1.
self.open(url)
# internet-config is the only supported controller on MacOS,
# so don't mess with the default!
_tryorder = ("internet-config")
register("internet-config", InternetConfig)
# OK, now that we know what the default preference orders for each
# platform are, allow user to override them with the BROWSER variable.
#
if os.environ.has_key("BROWSER"):
# It's the user's responsibility to register handlers for any unknown
# browser referenced by this value, before calling open().
_tryorder = os.environ["BROWSER"].split(":")
else:
# Optimization: filter out alternatives that aren't available, so we can
# avoid has_key() tests at runtime. (This may also allow some unused
# classes and class-instance storage to be garbage-collected.)
_tryorder = filter(lambda x: _browsers.has_key(x.lower())
or x.find("%s") > -1, _tryorder)
# end