How to open an application in Mac OS using Python

Question

I want to open an application like TextEdit or Firefox in Mac OS using Python and wait till the applications exits. I can\'t figure out exact command to open an app and wait.

Answer 1

AppleScript:

tell app "Whatever you want" to open

Call from Python

import os
os.system("""osascript -e 'tell app "Safari" to open'""")