How to insert links in Python

Question

Is it possible to add links into the Python script and print it out to the terminal/console? Like in HTML; once it was clicked, we will be redirected to the URL. (I\'m on Li

Answer 1

Recently (in 2017) a few terminal emulators (namely iTerm2, GNOME Terminal, and Tilix; hopefully more to follow) have added support for custom hyperlinks.

Assuming your python app's output goes to such a terminal emulator, you can create ctrl+clickable (cmd+clickable on mac) hyperlinks like this:

print("\x1b]8;;http://example.com/\aCtrl+Click here\x1b]8;;\a")

Further technical details are here.