nanohub-dash 0.1.0

Jupyter magic commands for configuring Dash apps on nanoHUB

nanohub-dash

Tools for running Dash applications on nanoHUB.

Documentation

Full documentation is available at https://nanohub-dash.readthedocs.io

Installation

pip install nanohub-dash

Features

• Jupyter Magic Command (%set_dash_env): Configure environment variables for Dash apps directly in Jupyter notebooks
• Command-line Tool (start_dash): Launch Dash applications with automatic proxy configuration and header injection

Quick Start

Jupyter Notebook

%load_ext nanohubdash
%set_dash_env

from dash import Dash, html

app = Dash(__name__)
app.layout = html.Div("Hello nanoHUB!")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run_server()

Command Line

start_dash --app myapp.py

Environment Variables

The magic command sets the following environment variables:

• DASH_REQUESTS_PATHNAME_PREFIX - The proxy path prefix for Dash requests
• DASH_ROUTES_PATHNAME_PREFIX - Set to /
• DASH_HOST - The bind host for Dash
• DASH_PORT - The port for Dash
• DASH_BASE_PROXY - The proxy URL (https://proxy.<hub_host>)

Requirements

• Python >= 3.8
• IPython >= 7.0
• Must be running on a nanoHUB environment with SESSION and SESSIONDIR environment variables set

License

MIT License - Copyright 2026 HUBzero Foundation, LLC.