Choosing a file in Python with simple Dialog

python user-interface dialog filechooser
Mustafa Zengin picture Mustafa Zengin · Aug 26, 2010 · Viewed 259.2k times · Source

I would like to get file path as input in my Python console application.

Currently I can only ask for full path as an input in the console.

Is there a way to trigger a simple user interface where users can select file instead of typing the full path?

Answer

Etaoin picture Etaoin · Aug 26, 2010

How about using tkinter?

from Tkinter import Tk     # from tkinter import Tk for Python 3.x
from tkinter.filedialog import askopenfilename

Tk().withdraw() # we don't want a full GUI, so keep the root window from appearing
filename = askopenfilename() # show an "Open" dialog box and return the path to the selected file
print(filename)

Done!

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