Nowadays with more and more IPython notebook files (*.ipynb) around, it is very disturbing every time when I want to peek at some notebook I have to open a server for it, and cannot do it in read-only mode. Due to auto-save I can accidentally change the file when reading it if not in read-only mode.
I hope something like this: ipython notebook mynb.ipynb --read-only would work, but sadly it doesn't (although still it creates a server which I don't really want in read-only view). What I really want is to open an ipynb file like a HTML file for reading; currently it seems a missing view of ipynb file, and now the notebook is more like a black-box or near-binary file alone.
(P.S. I am using Linux/Ubuntu.)
When you change the notebook files' permissions, jupyter's auto-save doesn't touch them:
chmod a-w *.ipynb
Then jupyter goes into read-only mode:
Try this ipynb Viewer. This renders ipython notebook as a static web-page.
Also ypu can convert ipyhton notebook to other formats using
ipython nbconvert --to FORMAT notebook.ipynb.
Refer Convert Ipython notebook to other formats. Using this you can convert ipython notebook to HTML.
You may also want to try nteract app (https://nteract.io)
nteract is a desktop application that allows you to develop rich documents that contain prose, executable code (in almost any language!), and images.
Here you can find more detailed review of the app.
It is completely free and very convenient tool by itself and I use it quite often to see other ipynb files if needed and for quick development.
The best I can suggest - unfortunately still a bit verbose - is using nbconvert to create a HTML version of the file, then opening it with your browser. Below are commands to do this (assuming that your browser is set up as the default program to handle .html files). Just replace yournotebook.ipynb with your real Notebook name.
Linux
jupyter nbconvert --to html yournotebook.ipynb --output /tmp/notebook.html &&
xdg-open /tmp/notebook.html
macOS
jupyter nbconvert --to html yournotebook.ipynb --output /tmp/notebook.html &&
open /tmp/notebook.html
Windows
jupyter nbconvert --to html yournotebook.ipynb --output "%TEMP%\notebook.html" && start "" "%TEMP%\notebook.html"
(Note that if you want to do this in bulk, perhaps in a loop in a script, you'll probably want to modify the commands above to not always use the same filename for the HTML file, to avoid the race condition where the HTML file has been overwritten by the time the browser actually gets round to starting to read it.)
Intellij IDEA (which is also available as free open-source community edition) can render ipynb files as well. In fact it also allows to author notebooks, so it's not just a viewer.
It can be used via file type associations or via the command line launcher (e.g. idea foo.pynb).
I use Github Gist for that. You'll need a Github account.
If you specify *.ipynb file extension there for your content copy/paste, it'll detect it and format as html view. You'll be able even sharing it with someone using link if that's interesting. No tools required other than having a browser.
I've found some glitches in formatting though, mostly with output plots, but it's reasonably rare.
Random example here: https://gist.github.com/Clockware/aa7e01722579841d5888ca83385a5f1d
I was able to read .ipynb files as html in visual code. You would need a python plugin for it which visual code auto detects. Fairly straight forward after that.
This most convenient method to take a peek at jupyter notebooks is by using nb-viewer, with this utility, you will be able to open notebooks (in read-only mode) with a double click.
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In our institute, we use OneDrive / Sharepoint from Microsoft to share files with each other. I am also sharing my Jupyter notebooks - with extension *.ipynb - there. Unfortunately, when one clicks on such a file the message "Hmm... looks like this file doesn't have a preview we can show you" appears. In my case I developed my notebooks with python. It's not necessary that my colleagues can run the notebook, but it would indeed be much easier to be able to install a kind of plugin for previewing on the Sharepoint server. Is there any product that can work like this? Otherwise I'll have to always export the file to HTML or so :-(
Unfortunately, there isn't any good news so far. Such a plugin seems to be unavailable as yet. For the meantime, I have automated the exporting of the notebooks to HTML on my Windows 10 machine as follows:
For /R .\ %G IN (*.ipynb) do jupyter nbconvert --to html "%G"
For use in a *.bat file, you'll have to double the %-signs.
Every time when I try to run a file in the JupiterLab console I get the following message:
ERROR:root:File 'thing.py' not found.
In this case, my file is called thing.py and I try to run it with the trivial run thing.py command in the console. The code is running and it gives me correct results when executed in the console, but I wanted to have it saved, so I put it in a JupiterLab text file and changed the extension to .py instead of .txt. But I get the aforementioned message regardless of which file I try to run. I am new to JupiterLab and admit that I might have missed something important. Every help is much appreciated.
If you're running Jupyterlab you should be able:
to create a new file & paste in your commands
Rename that file to "thing.py"
And then open a console in the same Jupyterlab instance and run that file. Notice that you can see "thing.py" in the file explorer on the left:
Alternatively, you can use the %load magic command in a notebook to dynamically load the code into a notebook's cell.
You might want to understand exactly what a Jupyter Lab file is, and what a Jupyter Lab file is not. The Jupyter Notebooks have the extension, .ipynb.
So anyway, the Jupyter Notebooks are not saved or formatted with python extensions. There are no Jupyter Notebooks or Jupyter Labs ending with the .py extension. That means Jupyter will not recognize an extension having .py, or .txt or .R or etc.... Jupyter opens, reads, and saves files having the .ipynb extension.
Jupyter Notebooks are an open document format based on JSON.
Jupyter can export in a number of different formats. Under the File tab, is the Export feature. The last time I looked there were about 20 different export formats. But there isn't a python or .py export format. A Jupyter file can also be Downloaded. Also under the File tab is the Download feature. This will download a standard text formatted JSON file. JSON files are mostly unreadable unless you've spent years coding JSON.
So there's not much purpose in downloading the Jupyter file unless you are working on a remote server and cannot save your work at that site. And it makes much more sense to save and copy the Jupyter file in its native Jupyter format - that means having the extension, .ipynb . Then just open and use that file on another PC.
Hopefully this should clarify why Jupyter won't open any .py or .txt files.
I often use jupyter for classes, and use the commmand python -m notebook to open the notebook. The tab that opens up shows an error, and then I have to copy one of the links in the terminal window instead. Is there a way or a command that I can use so that one of those links automatically opens up?
NOTE: It opens the file location (first address in the picture) and fails, and I use the links below to open jupyter. I want the terminal to open the links directly if possible to save time.
This is the error that I get.
jupyter notebook notebook.ipynb
Taken from this documentation.
It shouldn't matter whether you install it using conda or pip.
Or you can just type jupyter notebook which should open up a your file directory in the browser and let you navigate to the notebook file you want to open.
Edit: For this error, it really is hard without knowing the full context of the commands you are running, the directory you are calling from, and where this file you want to open is located. Make sure you are in the folder that contains your notebook file. If not, you should specify the entire path to the notebook file. Finally, does the command jupyter notebook by itself work?
A coworker sent a jupyter notebook converted into html format. I want to edit it, how can I open the html in my jupyter environment?
This is possibly a dublicate of other Question, you might also ask your college to send you the original file, or open the html in your browser and copy the code into a new notebook
You cannot open it directly. It needs to be converted back into an executable .ipynb Jupyter file.
Take a look at this code example to do the conversion:
File-conversion of HTML-published Jupyter Notebook to Executable Jupyter.ipynb file
How do I make a Jupyter slide show portable? I can serve the slideshow locally, but I can't send that to anyone and have it work with all the images, slide animation functionality, etc.
I am using jupyter nbconver my_notebook.ipynb --to slides and get a simple linear html file that depends on the files being on the machine where the file is used.
You should specify --reveal-prefix to convert it, nbconvert doc.
jupyter nbconvert my_notebook.ipynb --to slides --post serve --reveal-prefix "http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/reveal.js/3.3.0"
You may also use a local Reveal.js library, see here.
If you want a PDF, add ?print-pdf to the address of the running html, like:
http://127.0.0.1:8000/my_notebook.slides.html/reveal-js?print-pdf
Then save(print) it as pdf.
You may also want to have a look at nbpresent.