Open text links in browser tabs

open-links.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import messagebox, filedialog
import webbrowser
import sys
import re

def extract_urls(text):
    # More comprehensive URL pattern that handles complex URLs
    url_pattern = r'https?://[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._\+~#=]{1,256}\.[a-zA-Z0-9()]{1,6}\b(?:[-a-zA-Z0-9()@:%_\+.~#?&//=]*)'
    return re.findall(url_pattern, text)

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:
        content = file.read()
        return extract_urls(content)

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 and extract URLs
    text_content = text_box.get("1.0", tk.END)
    links = extract_urls(text_content)
    if links:
        open_links(links)
    else:
        messagebox.showinfo("No Links", "No valid HTTP(S) links found in the text.")

def on_text_paste(event=None):
    # Schedule the extraction to happen after the paste is complete
    root.after(10, extract_links_from_textbox)

def extract_links_from_textbox():
    # Get text content after paste is completed
    text_content = text_box.get("1.0", tk.END)
    links = extract_urls(text_content)
    if links:
        text_box.delete("1.0", tk.END)  # Clear the text box
        text_box.insert(tk.END, "\n".join(links))  # Insert only the extracted links

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

# Create a label
label = tk.Label(root, text="Paste text with links or enter URLs (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)

# Bind paste event
text_box.bind('<<Paste>>', on_text_paste)

# Create a button to parse links manually
parse_button = tk.Button(root, text="Parse Links", command=extract_links_from_textbox)
parse_button.pack(pady=5)

# Create a button to open links
open_button = tk.Button(root, text="Open Links", command=on_open_links)
open_button.pack(pady=5)

# 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=5)

# 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.

Updated the script so it parses the links out of text, such as an email.