bpy.ops.wm.url_open() can no longer open html files in the filesystem #116280

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MACHIN3 · 2023-12-17T19:41:27+01:00

MACHIN3 commented

2023-12-17 19:41:27 +01:00

System Information
Operating system: Linux-6.5.6-76060506-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.35 64 Bits, X11 UI
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.6.0 NVIDIA 545.29.06

Blender Version
Broken: version: 4.0.2, branch: blender-v4.0-release, commit date: 2023-12-05 07:41, hash: 9be62e85b727
Worked: 3.5

Short description of error
Up until 3.5 you could pass the file path of an html file to the url arg of bpy.ops.wm.open_url which would conveniently open said html in the user's web browser. This is very useful if one supplies documentation locally, and so documentation,, that is accessible without an internet connection.

It appears this has stopped working starting with Blender 3.6.

See https://youtu.be/89LHf_lu0Oc for a little demo of the attached blend file + script + index.html file.

In Blender 3.5 the file path of the index.html file is properly translated into this file system url:
file:///home/something/index.html

Starting in Blender 3.6 however, it becomes:
https://home/something/index.html which of course can't work.

I've tried forcing the file system url, but had no luck.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error

extract the attached .zip file
in Blender 3.5 open the file wm.url_open_local_html_file.blend and run the script in the text editor
- index.html will be opened in the web browser
in Blender 3.6 and 4.0 open the same .blend file, and run the script again
- the webrowser will display a Server Not Found page

**System Information** Operating system: Linux-6.5.6-76060506-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.35 64 Bits, X11 UI Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.6.0 NVIDIA 545.29.06 **Blender Version** Broken: version: 4.0.2, branch: blender-v4.0-release, commit date: 2023-12-05 07:41, hash: `9be62e85b727` Worked: 3.5 **Short description of error** Up until 3.5 you could pass the file path of an html file to the `url` arg of `bpy.ops.wm.open_url` which would conveniently open said html in the user's web browser. This is very useful if one supplies documentation locally, and so documentation,, that is accessible without an internet connection. It appears this has stopped working starting with Blender 3.6. See https://youtu.be/89LHf_lu0Oc for a little demo of the attached blend file + script + index.html file. In Blender 3.5 the file path of the index.html file is properly translated into this file system url: `file:///home/something/index.html` Starting in Blender 3.6 however, it becomes: `https://home/something/index.html` which of course can't work. I've tried forcing the file system url, but had no luck. **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** * extract the attached .zip file * in Blender 3.5 open the file `wm.url_open_local_html_file.blend` and run the script in the text editor * index.html will be opened in the web browser * in Blender 3.6 and 4.0 open the same .blend file, and run the script again * the webrowser will display a *Server Not Found* page

wm.url_open_issue.zip

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Jesse Yurkovich changed title from ~~bpy.ops.wm.open_url() can no longer open html files in the filesystem~~ to bpy.ops.wm.url_open() can no longer open html files in the filesystem

2023-12-17 23:07:06 +01:00

Jesse Yurkovich commented

2023-12-17 23:08:06 +01:00

Confirmed and caused by a15c637e63 with the move away from calling webbrowser directly.

CC @dfelinto Mind taking a look?

Confirmed and caused by a15c637e63798f61aebb777aca54acaed3bf562c with the move away from calling `webbrowser` directly. CC @dfelinto Mind taking a look?

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Dalai Felinto referenced a pull request that will close this issue

2023-12-18 12:40:21 +01:00

Fix #116280: bpy.ops.wm.url_open() cannot open file:/// #116295

Dalai Felinto self-assigned this 2023-12-18 12:48:52 +01:00

Dalai Felinto referenced this issue from a commit

2023-12-18 16:44:47 +01:00

Fix #116280: bpy.ops.wm.url_open() cannot open file:///

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2023-12-18 16:46:55 +01:00

Fix #116280: bpy.ops.wm.url_open() cannot open file:///

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4.0: Candidates for corrective releases #114706

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2023-12-18 16:48:45 +01:00

Blender LTS: Maintenance Task 3.6 #109399

MACHIN3 commented

2023-12-18 16:54:14 +01:00

Thanks to all involved!

Philipp Oeser referenced this issue from a commit

2024-01-10 09:20:33 +01:00

Fix #116280: bpy.ops.wm.url_open() cannot open file:///

MACHIN3 commented

2024-03-15 16:17:21 +01:00

Please bring this to 4.1. I thought it was in 4.0 already, but seems like it isn't. Thanks.

Correction: it works, in 4.1 again, but the local url has to be explicitly prefaced with the protocol now, so "file://" + "/my/path/to/file.html" for instance.

Please bring this to 4.1. I thought it was in 4.0 already, but seems like it isn't. Thanks. Correction: it works, in 4.1 again, but the local url has to be explicitly prefaced with the protocol now, so "file://" + "/my/path/to/file.html" for instance.

Dalai Felinto commented

2024-03-15 22:19:23 +01:00

@MACHIN3 can you create a new report and mention this report there? The original report was about file:///, and this is working.

To open url=/home/foo.html was not considered (and I’m not sure if we should, but we can have this discussion on its own report).

@MACHIN3 can you create a new report and mention this report there? The original report was about file:///, and this is working. To open url=/home/foo.html was not considered (and I’m not sure if we should, but we can have this discussion on its own report).

MACHIN3 commented

2024-03-15 22:21:01 +01:00

No it's fine by me. Good to be explicit with the url. It did work earlier (3.5) without it before, that's why I thought the fix was not merged yet. No need to open a new issue from my POV.

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bpy.ops.wm.url_open() can no longer open html files in the filesystem #116280