macOS Safari Automation

Control Safari on macOS using AppleScript via the osascript command.

Prerequisites

• macOS with Safari installed
• Automation permission granted to your terminal (System Settings > Privacy & Security > Automation)

Opening URLs

Open a URL in the current tab

osascript -e 'tell application "Safari" to set URL of current tab of front window to "https://example.com"'

Open a URL in a new tab

osascript -e 'tell application "Safari" to tell front window to set current tab to (make new tab with properties {URL:"https://example.com"})'