execution error: doesn’t understand the “open location” message. (-1708)

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execution error: doesn’t understand the “open location” message. (-1708)

flrgsr opened this issue 7 years ago · 124 comments

flrgsr commented 7 years ago

This error message appeared randomly today when I (as usually) tried to start a notebook via jupyter notebook

Answer 1 · 2017-04-24T20:34:07.000Z

Did the error show up in a terminal, or somewhere else? What platform are you on?

Answer 2 · 2017-04-24T20:35:28.000Z

Yep terminal (iTerm), platform is OS X and Browser Chrome.

Answer 3 · 2017-04-24T21:00:09.000Z

OK, I'll leave it for the Mac users to help with that.

Answer 4 · 2017-04-26T02:12:20.000Z

Same with built-in Terminal and Safari, macOS 10.12.5.

Answer 5 · 2017-04-26T02:17:09.000Z

same here with MacOS 10.12.5 Beta (16F67a)

Answer 6 · 2017-04-27T03:22:55.000Z

Same here, built in Terminal and Google Chrome on Mac OS 10.12.5 (Beta 16F60a)

Answer 7 · 2017-04-27T04:32:42.000Z

@takluyver Where in the code base is this error thrown? That will help us to diagnose it.

Answer 8 · 2017-04-27T12:45:14.000Z

That error is not something from our code, as far as I can see.

Answer 9 · 2017-04-27T18:54:48.000Z

Same here with Mac OS and Google Chrome Canary. Error:

0:97: execution error: "http://localhost:8888/tree?token=***" doesn’t understand the “open location” message. (-1708)

Answer 10 · 2017-05-03T08:09:10.000Z

Same here with macOS and Chrome.Error:

0:97: execution error: "http://localhost:8888/tree?    
token=c9c72f63d8482d80ee7dfd7aacc70c5d3048b6a7626b2859" doesn’t understand the “open location” message. (-1708)

Answer 11 · 2017-05-03T09:20:59.000Z

This is an Apple event error: "The script doesn’t understand the message. The event was not handled." AppleScript documentation:
https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/AppleScript/Conceptual/AppleScriptLangGuide/reference/ASLR_error_codes.html
I guess this was caused by recent changes in the latest MacOS revision.
The 'open location' call run by Jupyter would need to be adapted; meanwhile setting c.NotebookApp.open_browser = False in your jupyter_notebook_config.py and manually copying the NB link helps if one finds the error message annoying.

Answer 12 · 2017-05-04T13:22:38.000Z

Same issue, latest OS X, looks like a Mac-side problem. Copy/paste link in browser works every time.

Answer 13 · 2017-05-08T02:27:01.000Z

Ignore the error. Go to http://localhost:8888/tree directly, in your browser.

Answer 14 · 2017-05-16T07:46:52.000Z

For me, this seems to have started with the upgrade to 10.12.5, which dropped on 15 May. But this thread appeared earlier: can anyone who saw this earlier confirm whether they were on the macOS beta?

(Also, this is clearly a bug, even if it's generated OS-side: "Ignore the error" is only the best solution if it's not fixable...)

Answer 15 · 2017-05-16T07:51:57.000Z

I was on the beta version when the bug first appeared, don't know which version tough as there were updates since then.

Answer 16 · 2017-05-16T08:04:03.000Z

Same for me just after upgrade to 10.12.5.
However, the link works.

Answer 17 · 2017-05-16T08:18:18.000Z

For what it's worth, the release notes to macOS 10.12.5 and Safari 10.1.1 don't appear to have anything listed that would result in this (but my ability to read and understand the security update information is limited).

Also, I just checked in the AppleScript editor, and both Safari and Chrome do understand the "open location http://what.ev.er/" message -- but I note that the error message is the "reverse" of this:

0:97: execution error: "http://localhost:8888/tree?token=<removed>" doesn’t understand the “open location” message. (-1708)

I suppose it's worth a look in the jupyter code to see how this actually gets done...

Answer 18 · 2017-05-16T09:55:06.000Z

Restarted my laptop to update the system and got this error. Going directly to http://localhost:8888/tree, as kjprice suggests, helps in my case.

Answer 19 · 2017-05-16T10:09:01.000Z

(Solution at bottom!)

So it seems that the problem is in the Python standard library, and I suppose with its interaction with the macOS update:

In [2]: import webbrowser
In [3]: browser=webbrowser.get(None)
In [4]: browser.open("http://python.org")
   0:33: execution error: "http://python.org" doesn’t understand the “open location” message. (-1708)
Out[4]: False

(same behaviour with Python 2 or 3)

However, browser=webbrowser.get("Safari") works!

So, the solution is to explicitly set the browser in ~/.jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.py (updated from stupidly incorrect file location):

c.NotebookApp.browser = u'Safari'

Answer 20 · 2017-05-16T13:34:25.000Z

Same here, the error occurs just after macOS 10.12.5 update (Safari 10.1.1).

I'm using Jupyter from Anaconda's distribution and defjaf's solution
(c.NotebookApp.browser = u'Safari' in ~/.jupyter_notebook_config.py)
doesn't seem to work for me.
I tried to put there another option (c.NotebookApp.open_browser = False) just to avoid the message, but no success either. Looks like the config file is being ignored.
Any hints?

Answer 21 · 2017-05-16T13:49:00.000Z

@ansteam: try saving it in ~/.jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.py

Answer 22 · 2017-05-16T17:59:46.000Z

Same here after upgrading to 10.12.5

Answer 23 · 2017-05-16T18:09:18.000Z

@defjaf Hey Andrew, thanks for your solution, it works!

Answer 24 · 2017-05-16T19:21:20.000Z

I tried

c.NotebookApp.browser = u'Google Chrome'

But got

[W 12:19:50.134 NotebookApp] No web browser found: could not locate runnable browser.

(Also tried 'Chrome' with the same results.)

What do I need to do to have it launch Chrome?

Answer 25 · 2017-05-16T21:17:21.000Z

@jcrotinger, according to this Python bug report and fix, it looks like the Chrome problem should be fixed in the next update to all maintained python builds...

Answer 26 · 2017-05-16T21:34:39.000Z

@jcrotinger: c.NotebookApp.browser = u'chrome' should do the trick.

Answer 27 · 2017-05-17T05:14:53.000Z

@defjaf: Thanks Andrew for the Safari browser help!

Here the command to create ~/.jupyter_notebook_config.py if it does not exist:

jupyter notebook --generate-config

Answer 28 · 2017-05-17T13:37:47.000Z

c.NotebookApp.browser = u'chrome' worked for me!

Answer 29 · 2017-05-17T13:38:59.000Z

@defjaf and @bighomeyg thanks for those steps: solved it for me (after I remembered to also uncomment the config line!). Problem cropped up when I upgraded just now to macOS 10.12.5.

Answer 30 · 2017-05-17T14:32:22.000Z

@defjaf and @davidjaimes the combination of the two solutions worked for me. Thanks!

Answer 31 · 2017-05-17T15:24:19.000Z

Let's also remember that there is still possibly a bug here: the expectation is that jupyter should use the default browser when c.NotebookApp.browser is unset (as used to be the behaviour). Not clear whether this is a python bug, a macOS bug, or a security feature... but it doesn't appear to be something specific to jupyter since webbrowser.get().open("http://python.org") fails in python with exactly the error that we all saw.

Answer 32 · 2017-05-17T15:37:15.000Z

An alternative workaround is to set the BROWSER environment variable.

For example:
export BROWSER=/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome

Answer 33 · 2017-05-17T15:48:14.000Z

Upon @rmcantin 's suggestion, editing my ~/.bash_profile file to contain the lines:

BROWSER=/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome
export BROWSER

worked for me (c.NotebookApp.browser = u'chrome', did not for whatever reason)

Answer 34 · 2017-05-17T20:25:30.000Z

Reported on the Python bug tracker as http://bugs.python.org/issue30392

Answer 35 · 2017-05-17T21:36:56.000Z

@ andrewjmacrae - your solution worked for me! Thanks

Answer 36 · 2017-05-18T10:19:54.000Z

@ andrewjmacrae 你的方法有效，谢谢！

Answer 37 · 2017-05-18T15:40:20.000Z

As a side note, the 10.12.5 screwed up a lot of my opens. When I tried to open markdown files using open markdown_file.md it tried to open it using RStudio (it should have used sublime). So I'm inclined to think this is a MacOS bug, not a python one.

Answer 38 · 2017-05-18T21:21:22.000Z

@andrewjmacrae it worked! Thanks!

Answer 39 · 2017-05-19T00:27:19.000Z

Guys,

Create "jupyter_notebook_config.py"
Write the following routine inside:

import webbrowser
browser=webbrowser.get("Safari")
browser.open("http://localhost:8888/tree")

save it on path ~/.jupyter (command+shift+G)

Good luck!

Answer 40 · 2017-05-19T09:13:20.000Z

Just for completeness, I'll note that it seems to be a bug in Apple's osascript application with the specific open location command. See http://bugs.python.org/issue30392. I have also filed an Apple radar.

Answer 41 · 2017-05-19T09:22:26.000Z

Thanks @arrudadfa ! It works!

Answer 42 · 2017-05-19T09:39:02.000Z

@arrudadfa I don't understand why browser=webbrowser.get("Safari") in that same file doesn't work (which is the "jupyterish/pythonic" way to do it). Note in particular that the notebook won't always be at port 8888 -- e.g., if you have more than one running.

Answer 43 · 2017-05-19T09:44:55.000Z

@defjaf try "chrome" instead of "Safari"

Answer 44 · 2017-05-20T10:46:47.000Z

Full story at http://www.andrewjaffe.net/blog/2017/05/python-bug-hunt.html

Answer 45 · 2017-05-24T03:58:32.000Z

@davidjaimes: setting the config file to safari works for me.

Answer 46 · 2017-05-25T18:45:04.000Z

Thanks, it helped!

Answer 47 · 2017-05-26T21:55:34.000Z

@andrewjmacrae 's solution worked. Thanks!

Answer 48 · 2017-05-27T21:54:15.000Z

c.NotebookApp.browser = u'Safari' did not work for me

c.NotebookApp.browser = 'Safari' did

Answer 49 · 2017-05-28T10:28:00.000Z

For those who couldn't get it to work with u'Chrome', try
c.NotebookApp.browser = u'open -a /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome %s'

Answer 50 · 2017-05-28T20:49:37.000Z

For those who don't want to change jupyter_notebook_config.py or BROWSER environment variable, specify --browser flag when launching jupyter, e.g.

jupyter lab --browser=Chrome

Answer 51 · 2017-05-28T23:55:05.000Z

jupyter notebook --browser=Chrome worked for me

Answer 52 · 2017-05-29T01:02:49.000Z

c.NotebookApp.browser = u'Safari' works for my mac, thank you, Andrew! @defjaf

Answer 53 · 2017-05-29T18:24:36.000Z

Same here with OS X and Chrome and when I copy and paste the link it works

Answer 54 · 2017-05-30T02:31:23.000Z

@andrewjmacrae It works :-) Thanks andrew!

Answer 55 · 2017-05-30T07:19:46.000Z

I‘m sorry. I try to set the browser to Opera or Chrome, but it both can't work(The Chrome can't open it automaticly, but opera just doesn't work ). Only Safari works. Does anyone knows why? thank you very much.

Answer 56 · 2017-05-31T03:43:38.000Z

@aryamccarthy It works for me.. Thanks Andrew for your idea..

Answer 57 · 2017-05-31T13:10:20.000Z

@andrewjmacrae Really thanks!!

Answer 58 · 2017-05-31T14:26:02.000Z

How do I specify Firefox Nightly?

--browser=Nightly does not work

Answer 59 · 2017-05-31T16:10:25.000Z

By the way, I have just found out that if you set the BROWSER variable to open as:

$ export BROWSER=open

it automatically detects your default browser when you run jupyter notebook.

Answer 60 · 2017-05-31T21:34:26.000Z

@lmarti That worked for me, thanks.

Answer 61 · 2017-06-01T06:22:31.000Z

@lmarti That works for me too, and I'm really appreciate for that.

Answer 62 · 2017-06-01T08:25:31.000Z

I have an issue witht the terminal. Every time i run a command on it, it gives me this -bash: __git_ps1: command not found. I don't really understanf what's going on

Answer 63 · 2017-06-01T08:27:55.000Z

Apparently, the underlying osascript bug is fixed in the latest macOS 10.12.6 beta, so that part of the problem will be fixed with the next macOS update (the problem with explicitly setting Chrome is separate, but won't be an issue if Chrome is set as the default browser).

Answer 64 · 2017-06-02T07:01:26.000Z

Thanks @andrewjmacrae, your solution is work.

Answer 65 · 2017-06-03T10:02:00.000Z

thank you for the update, @defjaf

Answer 66 · 2017-06-04T13:37:57.000Z

Simply setting c.NotebookApp.browser = u'chrome' (don't know why I dont have to set the browser in my bash profile though)

Answer 67 · 2017-06-05T03:40:11.000Z

@ lmarti Thanks! Your way is really convenient!

Answer 68 · 2017-06-08T03:49:56.000Z

same error....i just updated the Mac OX,than open the jupyter, it give me this message,but the link works well still

Answer 69 · 2017-06-09T21:35:35.000Z

@andrewjmacrae Thank you very much ! It works to my MAC! cheer!

Answer 70 · 2017-06-10T03:49:42.000Z

@andrewjmacrae Thanks a lot it worked for my Mac

Answer 71 · 2017-06-12T00:31:11.000Z

If c.NotebookApp.browser = u'chrome' doesn't work on your Mac (like it doesn't on mine), try c.NotebookApp.browser = u'/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome %s' . Worked like a charm.

Answer 72 · 2017-06-12T14:42:40.000Z

Guys let me ask you a question. What happens if you want to run jupyter form inside as virtual env. Even though the above solutions worked especially when I set the browser in the jupyter config file. But, I've found that the problem is persistent if I want to run jupyter from inside a virtual env. For instance you might want to try some new packages in your virtual env but I keep getting these errors:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/user/anaconda2/bin/jupyter-notebook", line 4, in <module>
    import notebook.notebookapp
  File "/Users/user/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/notebook/notebookapp.py", line 27, in <module>
    import webbrowser
  File "/Users/user/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/webbrowser.py", line 670, in <module>
    cmd = _synthesize(cmdline, -1)
  File "/Users/user/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/webbrowser.py", line 94, in _synthesize
    if controller and name.lower() == controller.basename:

Any ideas?

Answer 73 · 2017-06-13T13:03:13.000Z

@lmarti How did you discover that?

Answer 74 · 2017-06-13T15:32:13.000Z

For anyone who is unable to locate the jupyter_notebook_config.py file, the solution posted by @defjaf will still work. However you must first create a file with this name within the following directory:

/Users/[your_username]/.jupyter

And once the file is created, you must write the following line to the file:

c.NotebookApp.browser = u'Safari'

Answer 75 · 2017-06-14T21:59:35.000Z

Same problem has folks have noted here - MacOS 10.12.5 upgrade killed it - but adding this to jupyter config did solve the problem:

# Configuration file for jupyter-notebook.
c.NotebookApp.browser = u'chrome'

Answer 76 · 2017-06-14T22:21:48.000Z

I think the only solution that is browser agnostic is export BROWSER=open

Answer 77 · 2017-06-15T02:46:28.000Z

When I copy and paste the suggested URL, I still have to go back to the Terminal and copy and paste the token into the password field.

Answer 78 · 2017-06-15T06:38:46.000Z

@rltbennett because open is a macos command that, well, opens what is passed as argument using the app associated with the file type of the argument.

Answer 79 · 2017-06-16T05:27:55.000Z

Same problem has folks have noted here - MacOS 10.12.5 upgrade killed it - but adding this to jupyter config did solve the problem:
c.NotebookApp.browser = u'chrome'

Thanks, solved the problem for me (after upgrading Sierra and encountering the same issues)! I am not using chrome, but u'safari' works equally fine.

Answer 80 · 2017-06-17T11:08:18.000Z

@iMarti
$ export BROWSER=open
It works for me and so simple way.

Answer 81 · 2017-06-17T12:39:46.000Z

Hi. Please Help Me.
My MacbookPro2015 Sierra 10.12.5
Jupyter notebook don't work.
I read this thread...and done these.

with terminal: jupyter notebook --generate-config
with editer: c.NotebookApp.browser = u'Safari'

but don't move jupyter with anaconda...

Answer 82 · 2017-06-17T13:45:14.000Z

Thanks, Andrew. it worked for me!!

Answer 83 · 2017-06-17T21:47:07.000Z

@tsatie
Did you make sure that you put the config file created from jupyter notebook --generate-config into your ~/.jupyter directory?

Answer 84 · 2017-06-18T01:01:33.000Z

@rasbt
Thanks.
Yes. Surely there is jupyter_notebook_config.py in ~/.jupyter..
And I rewrote ...=’’ as #c.NotebookApp.browser = u'safari'.
But trying to select jupyter notebook from the Anaconda's menu,

exit;
[I 09:48:24.022 NotebookApp] Serving notebooks from local directory: /Users/tsatie
[I 09:48:24.022 NotebookApp] 0 active kernels
[I 09:48:24.022 NotebookApp] The Jupyter Notebook is running at: http://localhost:8888/?token=7c0d.......................................................4
[I 09:48:24.022 NotebookApp] Use Control-C to stop this server and shut down all kernels (twice to skip confirmation).
[C 09:48:24.023 NotebookApp]
Copy/paste this URL into your browser when you connect for the first time,
to login with a token:
http://localhost:8888/?token=7c0d.......................................................4
0:97: execution error: "http://localhost:8888/tree?token=4f834.......................................................5"は“open location”メッセージを認識できません。 (-1708)

”tokenはopen locationメッセージを認識できません。” is Japanese,
probably "token can not recognize message open location" in English.

So, with Safari, paste that URL, I can use Jupyter noteook.
But, can't using jupyter notebook from the Anaconda's menu...

Answer 85 · 2017-06-18T08:05:42.000Z

@tsatie make sure that the line in the confit file does not start with # -- That makes it a comment.

Answer 86 · 2017-06-19T12:35:09.000Z

Oh! Thanks. Ok.
well...
#c.NotebookApp.browser = ''
delete line's head "#" and change last '(none)' to 'safari'...
c.NotebookApp.browser = u'safari'
I missed about "#"... sorry.

Answer 87 · 2017-06-20T09:42:42.000Z

@lmarti export BROWSER=open worked for me too! Great work! 👍

Answer 88 · 2017-06-20T14:47:47.000Z

@andrewjmacrae Thanks for your solution! It works for me.

Answer 89 · 2017-06-21T03:30:11.000Z

TL;DR:

jupyter notebook --generate-config -y

sed -i '' "s|\#c.NotebookApp.browser = ''|c.NotebookApp.browser = 'safari'|" .jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.py

Answer 90 · 2017-06-21T05:51:48.000Z

Follow this steps:

Paste this on Terminal:
jupyter notebook --port 8080
You can choose other number
Now this:
jupyter notebook list
It will show you some URL's
Copy any URL that it shows you on:
Currently running servers
And paste in your browser

Answer 91 · 2017-06-21T16:25:49.000Z

Thanks, it works for me.

Answer 92 · 2017-06-23T07:27:04.000Z

Here is the solution:

Go to the directory ~/.jupyter:
cd ~/.jupyter
and create jupyter configuration file:
jupyter notebook --generate-config
Now use any editor to open jupyter_notebook_config.py file:
nano jupyter_notebook_config.py
Search for the line c.NotebookApp.browser and remove # and then add your browser chrome/safari:
c.NotebookApp.browser = u'chrome'
NOTE: For some users, c.NotebookApp.browser = u'chrome' doesn't work. In that case use the following:
c.NotebookApp.browser = u'open -a/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome %s'

Done! Now launch the notebook using ipython notebook.

Answer 93 · 2017-06-23T16:37:17.000Z

This works for me, just slightly modify your answer:
To create jupyter configuration file:

cd ~/.jupyter
jupyter notebook --generate-config

Answer 94 · 2017-06-25T06:02:33.000Z

Worked for me, thanks !
And I changed the browser to firefox.

c.NotebookApp.browser = u'firefox'

Answer 95 · 2017-06-29T03:09:32.000Z

If you're using environments, chances are the default config file won't work because it's connected to the root condo environment. In this case, you will have to navigate to your environment and use the following commands (replace with whatever your Mac username is.

cd /Users/<username>/.jupyter/ 
jupyter notebook --generate-config

This will create the Jupiter config file at the following location
/Users/<username>/.jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.py

Answer 96 · 2017-06-29T06:54:23.000Z

To open jupyter notebook in Chrome on a Mac:

run this command: jupyter notebook --generate-config (if ~/.jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.py does not exist)
open ~/.jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.py in a text editor
add this line: c.NotebookApp.browser = u'open -a /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome %s'
try to open jupyter again and it should work

Thanks to @tsatie and @huanhock

P.S. I tried the following and none of them worked:

c.NotebookApp.browser = u'chrome'
c.NotebookApp.browser = u'Chrome'
edit .bash_profile

Answer 97 · 2017-06-29T15:58:54.000Z

@huanhock , thank you, your solution worked for me as well.

Answer 98 · 2017-07-02T03:05:03.000Z

See solution on Stack Overflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44057601/ipython-notebook-will-not-start-on-command-line

Answer 99 · 2017-07-08T10:39:22.000Z

@lmarti 's solution works for me on mac 10.12.5
$ export BROWSER=open

Answer 100 · 2017-07-14T21:38:29.000Z

In the terminal window while you are home directory do these:

cd .jupyter
vi jupyter_notebook_config.py (It opens the config file in vi editor)
find the line c.Notebook.browser = ' '
change the c.Notebook.browser = u'chrome' (to change it in edit mode press 'i' letter)
delete # at the beginning of the line
press esc
enter :wq to save and exit the file