Open a list of URLs on Windows

open_urls.py

""" Opens URLs in the default browser.

I use this a lot when I need to open a whole lot of URLs at the same time.

1. Takes in a hard-coded set of `items`.
2. Generates a safe URL from `item`.
3. Passes each item to `get_url` to get the URL to open.
4. Opens each URL with built-in `webbrowser` package, delayed by `delay`.

Inputs
------
items : iterable of str
delay : int, default=2
    Seconds of delay between each item.
get_url : func
    Returns URL (str) to open.
"""
import sys
import time
import webbrowser
from urllib.parse import quote_plus


def get_url(item):
    return f'https://www.google.com/search?q={item}'


""" Config """
delay = 2  # seconds
items = [
    'my search item!',
]

""" Confirmation """
if not input('Are you sure you want to open these URLs (y/N)? '
         ).lower().strip().startswith('y'):
    sys.exit(0)

""" Open Browser and Web Pages """
for item in items:

    url = get_url(quote_plus(item))

    webbrowser.open(url)
    time.sleep(delay)

    print(f"""
    Item:  {item}
    URL:   {url}
    """)