#!/usr/bin/env python # coding: utf-8 # # Importing IPython Notebooks as Modules # It is a common problem that people want to import code from IPython Notebooks. # This is made difficult by the fact that Notebooks are not plain Python files, # and thus cannot be imported by the regular Python machinery. # # There is a flag in the notebook server that provides a certain workaround for a small set of cases, # but I think it's gross so I won't even discuss it. # # Fortunately, Python provides some fairly sophisticated [hooks](http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0302/) into the import machinery, # so we can actually make IPython notebooks importable without much difficulty, # and only using public APIs. # # Forgive me if some of this is gross or wrong, # I haven't really written import hooks before. # In[1]: import io, os, sys, types # In[2]: from IPython.nbformat import current from IPython.core.interactiveshell import InteractiveShell # Import hooks typically take the form of two objects: # # 1. a module **loader**, which takes a module name (e.g. `'IPython.display'`), and returns a Module # 2. a module **finder**, which figures out whether a module might exist, and tells Python what **loader** to use # In[3]: def find_notebook(fullname, path=None): """find a notebook, given its fully qualified name and an optional path""" name = fullname.rsplit('.', 1)[-1] if not path: path = [''] for d in path: nb_path = os.path.join(d, name + ".ipynb") if os.path.isfile(nb_path): return nb_path # ## Notebook Loader # Here we have our Notebook Loader. # It's actually quite simple - once we figure out the filename of the module, # all it does is: # # 1. load the notebook document into memory # 2. create an empty Module # 3. execute every cell in the Module namespace # # Since IPython cells can have extended syntax, # the IPython transform is applied to turn each of these cells into their pure-Python counterparts before executing them. # If all of your notebook cells are pure-Python, # this step is unnecessary. # In[4]: class NotebookLoader(object): """Module Loader for IPython Notebooks""" def __init__(self, path=None): self.shell = InteractiveShell.instance() self.path = path def load_module(self, fullname): """import a notebook as a module""" path = find_notebook(fullname, self.path) print ("importing IPython notebook from %s" % path) # load the notebook object with io.open(path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f: nb = current.read(f, 'json') # create the module and add it to sys.modules # if name in sys.modules: # return sys.modules[name] mod = types.ModuleType(fullname) mod.__file__ = path mod.__loader__ = self sys.modules[fullname] = mod # extra work to ensure that magics that would affect the user_ns # actually affect the notebook module's ns save_user_ns = self.shell.user_ns self.shell.user_ns = mod.__dict__ try: for cell in nb.worksheets[0].cells: if cell.cell_type == 'code' and cell.language == 'python': # transform the input to executable Python code = self.shell.input_transformer_manager.transform_cell(cell.input) # run the code in themodule exec code in mod.__dict__ finally: self.shell.user_ns = save_user_ns return mod # ## The Module Finder # The finder is a simple object that tells you whether a name can be imported, # and returns the appropriate loader. # All this one does is check, when you do: # # ```python # import mynotebook # ``` # # it checks whether `mynotebook.ipynb` exists. # If a notebook is found, then it returns a NotebookLoader. # # Any extra logic is just for resolving paths within packages. # In[5]: class NotebookFinder(object): """Module finder that locates IPython Notebooks""" def __init__(self): self.loaders = {} def find_module(self, fullname, path=None): nb_path = find_notebook(fullname, path) if not nb_path: return key = path if path: # lists aren't hashable key = os.path.sep.join(path) if key not in self.loaders: self.loaders[key] = NotebookLoader(path) return self.loaders[key] # ## Register the hook # Now we register the `NotebookFinder` with `sys.meta_path` # In[6]: sys.meta_path.append(NotebookFinder()) # After this point, my notebooks should be importable. # # Let's look at what we have in the CWD: # In[7]: ls # So I should be able to `import mynotebook`. # # ### Aside: displaying notebooks # Here is some simple code to display the contents of a notebook # with syntax highlighting, etc. # In[8]: from pygments import highlight from pygments.lexers import PythonLexer from pygments.formatters import HtmlFormatter from IPython.display import display, HTML formatter = HtmlFormatter() lexer = PythonLexer() # publish the CSS for pygments highlighting display(HTML(""" """ % formatter.get_style_defs() )) # In[9]: def show_notebook(fname): """display a short summary of the cells of a notebook""" with io.open(fname, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f: nb = current.read(f, 'json') html = [] for cell in nb.worksheets[0].cells: html.append("

%s cell

" % cell.cell_type) if cell.cell_type == 'code': html.append(highlight(cell.input, lexer, formatter)) else: html.append("
%s
" % cell.source) display(HTML('\n'.join(html))) show_notebook("mynotebook.ipynb") # So my notebook has a heading cell and some code cells, # one of which contains some IPython syntax. # # Let's see what happens when we import it # In[10]: import mynotebook # Hooray, it imported! Does it work? # In[11]: mynotebook.foo() # Hooray again! # # Even the function that contains IPython syntax works: # In[12]: mynotebook.has_ip_syntax() # ## Notebooks in packages # We also have a notebook inside the `nb` package, # so let's make sure that works as well. # In[13]: ls nb # Note that the `__init__.py` is necessary for `nb` to be considered a package, # just like usual. # In[14]: show_notebook(os.path.join("nb", "other.ipynb")) # In[15]: from nb import other other.bar(5) # So now we have importable notebooks, from both the local directory and inside packages. # # I can even put a notebook inside IPython, to further demonstrate that this is working properly: # In[16]: import shutil from IPython.utils.path import get_ipython_package_dir utils = os.path.join(get_ipython_package_dir(), 'utils') shutil.copy("mynotebook.ipynb", os.path.join(utils, "inipython.ipynb")) # and import the notebook from `IPython.utils` # In[17]: from IPython.utils import inipython inipython.whatsmyname() # ## Even Cython magics # With a bit of extra magic for handling the IPython interactive namespace during load, # even magics like `%%cython` can be used: # In[18]: show_notebook('bs.ipynb') # In[19]: from bs import bs_py, bs_cy print "Python" get_ipython().run_line_magic('timeit', 'bs_py(100.0, 100.0, 1.0, 0.3, 0.03, 0.0, -1)') print "Cython" get_ipython().run_line_magic('timeit', 'bs_cy(100.0, 100.0, 1.0, 0.3, 0.03, 0.0, -1)') # *This notebook is by Min Ragan-Kelley, and placed in the public domain*