The issue is that a notebooks is not a plain python file. The steps to import the .ipynb file are outlined in the following: Importing notebook
I am pasting the code, so if you need it...you can just do a quick copy and paste. Notice that at the end I have the import primes statement. You'll have to change that of course. The name of my file is primes.ipynb. From this point on you can use the content inside that file as you would do regularly.
Wish there was a simpler method, but this is straight from the docs.
Note: I am using jupyter not ipython.
import io, os, sys, types
from IPython import get_ipython
from nbformat import current
from IPython.core.interactiveshell import InteractiveShell
def find_notebook(fullname, path=None):
"""find a notebook, given its fully qualified name and an optional path
This turns "foo.bar" into "foo/bar.ipynb"
and tries turning "Foo_Bar" into "Foo Bar" if Foo_Bar
does not exist.
"""
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
# let import Notebook_Name find "Notebook Name.ipynb"
nb_path = nb_path.replace("_", " ")
if os.path.isfile(nb_path):
return nb_path
class NotebookLoader(object):
"""Module Loader for Jupyter 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 Jupyter 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
mod.__dict__['get_ipython'] = get_ipython
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, mod.__dict__)
finally:
self.shell.user_ns = save_user_ns
return mod
class NotebookFinder(object):
"""Module finder that locates Jupyter 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]
sys.meta_path.append(NotebookFinder())
import primes
--scriptto save .py copies of your notebooks. In IPython 2.0, you'll be able to%runa notebook. We're still working out better mechanisms for code reuse. – Albertalberta