How to open a generic URL from AppleScript

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I like to open custom URLs, such as "myscheme://a/b/c" from my AppleScript code.

This is not about opening http URLs in a web browser. This is about getting the same result as when you create an .inetloc file in the Finder and then open that file in the Finder, or invoking this code in a macOS app written in ObjC:

[[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString: @"myscheme://a/b/c"]];

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If myscheme is properly registered in the Launch Services Database to open a particular application, then you can use the open location command, which: "Opens a URL with the appropriate program."

Use as in the following examples:

set theURL to "myscheme://a/b/c"

open location theURL

Or directly:

open location "myscheme://a/b/c"

Have a look at the AppleScript Language Guide and more specifically, the open location command.

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Would something like this work for you:

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You could skip the first line and just pull off the path if you don't need to use the file itself later in the script.

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