Overview

A cross-platform version of os.startfile from the standard library. This emulates double-clicking on a file or single-clicking a URL in an operating system's UI top open the default program.

Setup

Requirements

• Python 3.7+

Installation

Install it directly into an activated virtual environment:

$ pip install universal-startfile

or add it to your Poetry project:

$ poetry add universal-startfile

Usage

After installation, import the startfile function:

from startfile import startfile

startfile("~/Downloads/example.png")
startfile("http://example.com")