Open text links in browser tabs

open-links.py

import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import messagebox, filedialog
import webbrowser
import sys

def open_links(links):
    # Open each link in the default web browser
    for link in links:
        if link:  # Check if the link is not empty
            webbrowser.open(link)
    
    # Show a message box when done
    messagebox.showinfo("Done", "All links have been opened.")

def load_links_from_file(file_path):
    with open(file_path, 'r') as file:
        return file.read().strip().splitlines()

def on_open_file():
    file_path = filedialog.askopenfilename(title="Select a Text File", filetypes=[("Text Files", "*.txt")])
    if file_path:
        links = load_links_from_file(file_path)
        text_box.delete("1.0", tk.END)  # Clear the text box
        text_box.insert(tk.END, "\n".join(links))  # Insert links into the text box

def on_open_links():
    # Get the input from the text box
    links = text_box.get("1.0", tk.END).strip().splitlines()
    open_links(links)

# Create the main window
root = tk.Tk()
root.title("Link Opener")

# Create a label
label = tk.Label(root, text="Enter links (one per line):")
label.pack(pady=10)

# Create a text box for user input
text_box = tk.Text(root, width=50, height=15)
text_box.pack(pady=10)

# Create a button to open links
open_button = tk.Button(root, text="Open Links", command=on_open_links)
open_button.pack(pady=10)

# Create a button to load links from a file
load_button = tk.Button(root, text="Load Links from File", command=on_open_file)
load_button.pack(pady=10)

# Check for command line arguments
if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    file_path = sys.argv[1]
    try:
        links = load_links_from_file(file_path)
        text_box.insert(tk.END, "\n".join(links))  # Insert links into the text box
    except Exception as e:
        messagebox.showerror("Error", f"Could not load file: {e}")

# Start the GUI event loop
root.mainloop()

Screen.recording-2025-04-24_10.45.09.mp4

The code is AI generated. Fafi is my side project. vandragt.com is my personal website.

Updated it to load links from a text file either via the shell or with the file picker.