Overview

This is a cross-platform version of the os.startfile function in the Python standard library.

It emulates the following actions in an operating system's UI:

• double-clicking a file
• single-clicking a URL

which will open the default program associated with that type.

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")