browser_helpers.py

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"""Helpers for storing and opening HTML files."""

import os.path
import tempfile
import webbrowser


class SystemBrowser:
    """Class that can store HTML files in a temp directory and open them using the system Web browser."""

    def __init__(self):
        """Initialize temp directory."""
        self.tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()

    def display(self, contents, filename):
        """Store HTML contents in a file in the temp directory and open it."""
        full_filename = os.path.join(self.tempdir, filename)
        with open(full_filename, "wb") as f:
            f.write(contents)
        webbrowser.open(full_filename, new=0)


system_browser = SystemBrowser()