[FIXED] Jupyter - export current ipynb file to html within the notebook

Issue

I'm trying to write python code in my jupyter notebook, that will export the whole current notebook to html/pdf.

I know I can do something like that:

import subprocess
subprocess.call("jupyter nbconvert notebook.ipynb")

But that requires the file name, which is not known inside the notebook.

I saw many "hacks" to get the notebook file name, like this one: How do I get the current IPython Notebook name but I prefer to find a better solution.

Is there a smart way to export the current running notebook to a html/pdf file?

Thanks.

Solution

You can use the library papermill, that will execute the notebook with ingested parameters (basically your notebook name that you define outside your notebook)

Python program

pm.execute_notebook(
   'notebooks/notebookA.ipynb', # notebook to execute
   'notebooks/temp.ipynb', # temporary notebook that will contains the outputs and will be used to save HTML
   report_mode=True, # To hide ingested parameters cells, but not working for me
   parameters=dict(filename_ipynb='notebooks/temp.ipynb', 
                   filename_html='output/notebookA.html')
)

/notebooks/notebookA.ipynb

(To insert as the last cell of your notebook)

import os
os.system('jupyter nbconvert --output ../' + filename_html + ' --to html ' + filename_ipynb)

Just a thing: it is adding a cell to set the parameters ingested. It should be able to hide it with report_mode=False but somehow it doesn't work, even though it should: https://github.com/nteract/papermill/issues/253

Answered By - mbh86