jupyter-nbgallery 1.0.1

Jupyter extensions to add nbgallery integration

Overview

This package provides several Jupyter extensions to enable integration with nbgallery. More information is available here in the nbgallery github project.

Installation

This package contains both UI extensions (nbextensions) and server extensions. Install the package with pip, then install the nbextensions with jupyter. Depending on how you have Jupyter installed, you may want to add the --sys-prefix or --user options; see jupyter nbextension install --help for details.

pip install jupyter_nbgallery
jupyter nbextension install --py jupyter_nbgallery

Next, enable the extensions you want to use. At a minimum, you need the post_hack server extension and the gallery_menu and environment nbextensions to enable the two-way integration with nbgallery.

To enable all extensions:

jupyter serverextension enable --py jupyter_nbgallery
jupyter nbextension enable --py jupyter_nbgallery

To enable extensions independently (note that you need to specify the section for nbextensions):

# Minimal set
jupyter nbextenstion enable --section common jupyter_nbgallery/environment/environment
jupyter nbextenstion enable --section notebook jupyter_nbgallery/gallery_menu/gallery_menu
jupyter serverextension enable jupyter_nbgallery.post_hack

# Optional
jupyter nbextenstion enable --section tree jupyter_nbgallery/autodownload/autodownload
jupyter nbextenstion enable --section notebook jupyter_nbgallery/easy_buttons/easy_buttons
jupyter nbextenstion enable --section notebook jupyter_nbgallery/instrumentation/instrumentation

If you are using the Jupyter Nbextensions Configurator extension, you can also toggle the nbextensions on and off from the configurator page.

Manual configuration

Once the extension is installed, you will also need to modify your Jupyter configuration. The nbconfig/common.json must have an nbgallery section listing the URL of your nbgallery instance, and several options must be set in jupyter_notebook_config.py (or on the command line) to allow cross-site Javascript to work. See these instructions for details.

Extensions

UI Extensions (nbextensions)

Minimal Set

• environment registers this Jupyter instance with nbgallery so notebooks can be launched with the "Run in Jupyter" button. It also downloads preferences stored in nbgallery.
• gallery_menu adds the Gallery and Preferences menus to the Notebook interface. These are necessary for saving notebooks and preferences back to nbgallery.

Optional

• autodownload will download Starred and Recently Executed notebooks from nbgallery when you first visit the Jupyter tree page.
• easy_buttons adds buttons to the active cell for commonly-used actions.
• instrumentation reports cell execution status back to nbgallery for notebook health assessment.

Server Extensions

• post_hack is an workaround for browser issues with CORS pre-flight checks when PKI certificates are involved. The Jupyter API enables notebooks to be uploaded via a PUT to /api/contents/NotebookName.ipynb; this extension enables uploads via a POST to /post/NotebookName.ipynb as well. The "Run in Jupyter" button in nbgallery uses the /post endpoint, so this extension must be enabled to launch notebooks from nbgallery.