manyi/venv/Lib/site-packages/win32comext/shell/demos/IUniformResourceLocator.py

import pythoncom
from win32com.shell import shell, shellcon
import win32api, os

class InternetShortcut:
	def __init__( self ):
		self._base = pythoncom.CoCreateInstance(
			shell.CLSID_InternetShortcut, None,
			pythoncom.CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, shell.IID_IUniformResourceLocator
		)
	def load( self, filename ):
		# Get an IPersist interface
		# which allows save/restore of object to/from files
		self._base.QueryInterface( pythoncom.IID_IPersistFile ).Load( filename )
	def save( self, filename ):
		self._base.QueryInterface( pythoncom.IID_IPersistFile ).Save( filename, 1 )
	def __getattr__( self, name ):
		if name != "_base":
			return getattr( self._base, name )

temp_dir=win32api.GetTempPath()
linkname=win32api.GetTempFileName(temp_dir, 'ish')[0]
print 'Link:',linkname
os.remove(linkname)
linkname+='.url'

ish=InternetShortcut()
ish.SetURL('https://github.com/mhammond/pywin32')
ish.save(linkname)

## IUniformResourceLocator also give access to IPropertySetStorage
pss=ish.QueryInterface(pythoncom.IID_IPropertySetStorage)
ps=pss.Open(shell.FMTID_InternetSite)
property_ids=[(k,v) for k,v in shellcon.__dict__.iteritems() if k.startswith('PID_INTSITE_')]
for pname, pval in property_ids:
    print pname, ps.ReadMultiple((pval,))[0]

ps=pss.Open(shell.FMTID_Intshcut)
property_ids=[(k,v) for k,v in shellcon.__dict__.iteritems() if k.startswith('PID_IS_')]
for pname, pval in property_ids:
    print pname, ps.ReadMultiple((pval,))[0]

new_sh=InternetShortcut()
new_sh.load(linkname)
new_sh.InvokeCommand('Open')