Apple Automator to view a list of URLs from a text file

Hi,

Try this, it open a url in new tab on Safari, and wait until this tab is closed

In Automator:

1- Get Specified Finder Items -- one text file

2- Add "Run Applescipt script" action

Remove all text in the action

Put this script into the action

on run {input, parameters}
     read (item 1 of input)
     set ps to paragraphs of the result
     set tot to count ps
     tell application "Safari"
          reopen
          activate
     end tell
     repeat with i from 1 to tot
          set p to item i of ps
          if p is not "" then
               try
                    tell application "Safari"
                         tell front window
                              set r to make new tab with properties {URL:p}
                              set current tab to r
                              delay 1
                              if i = tot then exit repeat
                              repeat
                                   delay 1
                                   get URL of r
                              end repeat
                         end tell
                    end tell
               end try
          end if
     end repeat
end run

Remove all others actions

Hey Jacques! That's super helpful! Can you tell me what to do to remove the rule of "waiting until the tab is closed"?
Or more specifically... I'd like to open urls with a delay of 5 seconds. It would be so great!
Thanks a lot!

Hi,

brank87 wrote:

Can you tell me what to do to remove the rule of "waiting until the tab is closed"?
Or more specifically... I'd like to open urls with a delay of 5 seconds. It would be so great!
Thanks a lot!

Remove this part

if i = tot then exit repeat  
repeat  
   delay 1  
   get URL of r  
end repeat 

And change delay 1 to delay5

You have no idea how much time you saved me. Thank you so much!

Hi Jacques,

I am trying to do the same thing but I keep getting the error "Can't make item 1 into type file". Is there a specific way I need to write the URLs in the text file?

Thanks for your help.