shortcut.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import messagebox
import os
import stat

def create_desktop_file():
    url = url_entry.get().strip()
    title = title_entry.get().strip()

    if not url or not title:
        messagebox.showerror("Error", "Please enter both a URL and a title.")
        return

    if not url.startswith(("http://", "https://")):
        url = "https://" + url

    safe_name = title.replace(" ", "_").replace("/", "-")
    filepath = os.path.expanduser(f"~/Desktop/{safe_name}.desktop")

    content = f"""[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Exec=xdg-open {url}
Name={title}
Icon=web-browser
"""

    try:
        with open(filepath, "w") as f:
            f.write(content)
        st = os.stat(filepath)
        os.chmod(filepath, st.st_mode | stat.S_IEXEC | stat.S_IXGRP | stat.S_IXOTH)
        messagebox.showinfo("Success", f"Shortcut created:\n{filepath}")
        url_entry.delete(0, tk.END)
        title_entry.delete(0, tk.END)
        url_entry.insert(0, "https://")
    except Exception as e:
        messagebox.showerror("Error", f"Could not write file:\n{e}")

root = tk.Tk()
root.title("Web Shortcut Creator")
root.resizable(False, False)

frame = tk.Frame(root, padx=16, pady=16)
frame.pack()

tk.Label(frame, text="URL").grid(row=0, column=0, sticky="w")
url_entry = tk.Entry(frame, width=48)
url_entry.grid(row=1, column=0, sticky="ew", pady=(0, 8))
url_entry.insert(0, "https://")

tk.Label(frame, text="Name").grid(row=2, column=0, sticky="w")
title_entry = tk.Entry(frame, width=48)
title_entry.grid(row=3, column=0, sticky="ew", pady=(0, 12))

tk.Button(frame, text="Create .desktop Shortcut", command=create_desktop_file).grid(row=4, column=0, sticky="ew")

root.mainloop()