Link Opener for URL file formats

linkopener.py

#!/bin/python3

"""
opens links in link file formats on all operating systems 
currently supported
Apple's .webloc & Dropbox' .web

© Lukas Rambold <lukas@rambold.de>, 2022
MIT License
"""

import sys
import subprocess

filepath = sys.argv[1]

if filepath.endswith(".web"):
	import json
	with open(filepath, 'r') as file:
	    url = json.load(file)["url"]
elif filepath.endswith(".webloc"):
	from xml.etree.ElementTree import parse

	with open(filepath, 'r') as file:
		url = parse(file).findall("./dict/string")[0].text
else:
	raise Exception("only .web files as used in dropbox or .webloc files as used in .webloc files as used in MacOS are supported.")

if sys.platform=='win32':
    os.startfile(url)
elif sys.platform=='darwin':
    subprocess.Popen(['open', url])
else:
    try:
        subprocess.Popen(['xdg-open', url])
    except OSError:
        print('Please open a browser on: '+url)