Load local development URL in multiple browsers simultaneously.

load-browsers.py

#!/usr/bin/python

##
## Load local development URL in multiple browsers simultaneously.
##

import subprocess

browsers = {
  'brave': {
    'title': 'Brave',
    'location': '/Applications/Brave\ Browser.app'
  },
  'chrome': {
    'title': 'Chrome',
    'location': '/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app'
  },
  'edge': {
    'title': 'Edge',
    'location': '/Applications/Microsoft\ Edge.app'
  },
  'firefox': {
    'title': 'Firefox',
    'location': '/Applications/Firefox.app'
  },
  'firefox_dev': {
    'title': 'Firefox Developer',
    'location': '/Applications/FirefoxDeveloperEdition.app'
  },
  'safari': {
    'title': 'Safari',
    'location': '/Applications/Safari.app'
  },
  'ios_sim': {
    'title': 'IOS Simulator',
    'location': '/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Applications/Simulator.app'
  }
}

url = 'http://localhost'
url_input = raw_input('If you wish to view an URL other than http://localhost, then enter that now: ')

if url_input != '':
  url = url_input

print '  We will use {url}\n'.format(url=url)

# Store preferred browsers.
preferred_browsers = []

# Ask for preferred browsers.
for key in browsers:
  browser = browsers[key]

  open_browser = raw_input('Load {brow}? (Y|n)'.format(brow=browser['title'])).lower()

  if open_browser != 'n':
    preferred_browsers.append(key)
    print '  {brow} will be loaded...'.format(brow=browser['title'])

# Open the preferred browsers.
for browser_key in preferred_browsers:
  if browser_key == 'ios_sim':
    cmd = 'open -a {app};sleep 4;xcrun simctl openurl booted {url}'.format(app=browsers[browser_key]['location'], url=url)
  else:
    cmd = 'open -a {app} {url}'.format(app=browsers[browser_key]['location'], url=url)

  print '\nNow opening {brow}...'.format(brow=browsers[browser_key]['title'])
  subprocess.call(cmd, shell=True)