Open webpage with python on mac

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I’m wanting my python script to open a browser window. The following works fine on Windows, but not on the one mac that I have access to. Is there a way that would work on both platforms?

"rs.Command (’-Run "https://www.food4rhino.com/app/peters-tools"’)"

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Hi @phcreates, please see reply from @dale here

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Thanks!

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Also natively in python :

import webbrowser
webbrowser.open(url)
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Why would you even want to do this? *creepy*

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So that a user can click a button to open a website where they can see if they have the latest version.

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OK :roll_eyes:

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Hi @Dancergraham, did you try this on a mac ? I’ve recently got one and using the default install, webbrowser.open(url) did not work in Rhino 7.9 on a mac mini M1.

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It doesn’t work on my Intel mac either. :slight_smile: It’s probably due to IronPython running encapsulated inside the Rhino enclave and not having the right system access to open or control your webbrowser?

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Ahh no I’ve used this in CPython on a Mac and on rhino for windows but not in Rhino for Mac

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I did it to open the pdf user guide I put on our company intranet

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I wonder if this is a security thing. My mac os seems to be extra restricive, the first time i programmatically tried to capture a view, it asked me for a password :slight_smile:
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