Embedding links in Output Window?

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First post! I have to say, I love this software! I’ve already started developing tools to simplify workflows at my company, and it’s so much faster than the last thing I used (AutoLisp, ugh gross).

I was reading on the developer docs page about Effective Output, and I love the idea of clickable element links. Is there a way I can accomplish something similar to link to network folders, or even websites? I tried using the following code, but it didn’t really work like I expected:

from pyrevit import script
output = script.get_output()
output.print_html(‘Link 1’)
output.print_html(‘Link 2’)

The first link successfully takes me to google in my default web browser, so that’s a win. The second link opens the PDF inside the Output Window. Repeating Link 2 with just the folder path does not open. It’s possible I just don’t know enough html, but I figured I would just ask for suggestions.

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Ok so the script is getting parsed incorrectly by the website. Here’s my code:

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Hi,
I hope I will ge the answer you need:

first guess:
with the correct syntax

output.print_html('<a href="file:///C:/Users/rpl/Downloads\clx.pdf">sample text</a>')

if through a button:

you can create a button of type urlbutton making a folder named: yourFunction.urlbutton
then create a bundle.yaml file containing your url:
hyperlink: "https://www.notion.so/pyRevit-bd907d6292ed4ce997c46e84b6ef67a0"

documentation here: Notion – The all-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.

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Thank you, I’ll give this a try on Monday! Is there an easy way to make the folder link path a variable? My biggest concern is the syntax of the slash marks since they also function as escape characters.

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I tried your solution, but unfortunately it provided the same result as before. The PDF link opens inside the log, and the folder does not open.

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if you want to open folder inside the output window you can achieve it this way:

import subprocess
subprocess.Popen(r'explorer /select,"C:\YOUR_FOLDER\doNotErase-pointer"')

You need to point the script to open a specific file in my case “doNotErase-pointer” which can be hidden in OS.

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I will try that tomorrow. Ideally I’d like to open the folder and the PDF outside of the output window though.

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Sorry, actually the script above opens a folder in File Explorer.
If you want to open the folder in the output window this is the way:

from pyrevit import script
output = script.get_output()
output.open_page(YOUR_FOLDER_PATH)
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So close! The subprocess.Popen() method will work for my application, but it doesn’t trigger with a link. Ideally the user can choose if they want to open the file or folder by clicking a link, rather than having it open every time.

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For the record, here’s the code I used for dynamic paths:

import subprocess
command = r'explorer ' + "\"" + your_path + "\""
subprocess.Popen(command)
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