nbname

A JupyterLab extension that passes the relative path of the current notebook to the kernel to allow for notebook automation.

Requirements

• JupyterLab >= 4.0.0

Install

To install the extension, execute:

uv pip install git+https://github.com/StructuralPython/nbname.git

Uninstall

To remove the extension, execute:

uv pip uninstall nbname

Contributing

Development install

Note: You will need NodeJS to build the extension package.

The jlpm command is JupyterLab's pinned version of yarn that is installed with JupyterLab. You may use yarn or npm in lieu of jlpm below.

# Clone the repo to your local environment
# Change directory to the nbname directory

# Set up a virtual environment and install package in development mode
uv venv --seed
source .venv/bin/activate
uv sync

# Link your development version of the extension with JupyterLab
jupyter labextension develop . --overwrite

# Rebuild extension Typescript source after making changes
# IMPORTANT: Unlike the steps above which are performed only once, do this step
# every time you make a change.
uv run jlpm run build

You can watch the source directory and run JupyterLab at the same time in different terminals to watch for changes in the extension's source and automatically rebuild the extension.

# Watch the source directory in one terminal, automatically rebuilding when needed
uv run jlpm watch
# Run JupyterLab in another terminal
uv run jupyter lab

With the watch command running, every saved change will immediately be built locally and available in your running JupyterLab. Refresh JupyterLab to load the change in your browser (you may need to wait several seconds for the extension to be rebuilt).

By default, the jlpm build command generates the source maps for this extension to make it easier to debug using the browser dev tools. To also generate source maps for the JupyterLab core extensions, you can run the following command:

jupyter lab build --minimize=False

Development uninstall

pip uninstall nbname

In development mode, you will also need to remove the symlink created by jupyter labextension develop command. To find its location, you can run jupyter labextension list to figure out where the labextensions folder is located. Then you can remove the symlink named nbname within that folder.

Packaging the extension

See RELEASE