convert json ipython notebook(.ipynb) to .py file

Question

How do you convert an IPython notebook file (json with .ipynb extension) into a regular .py module?

Answer 1

You can use the following script to convert jupyter notebook to Python script, or view the code directly.

To do this, write the following contents into a file cat_ipynb, then chmod +x cat_ipynb.

#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys
import json

for file in sys.argv[1:]:
    print('# file: %s' % file)
    print('# vi: filetype=python')
    print('')
    code = json.load(open(file))

    for cell in code['cells']:
        if cell['cell_type'] == 'code':
            print('# -------- code --------')
            for line in cell['source']:
                print(line, end='')
            print('\n')
        elif cell['cell_type'] == 'markdown':
            print('# -------- markdown --------')
            for line in cell['source']:
                print("#", line, end='')
            print('\n')

Then you can use

cat_ipynb your_notebook.ipynb > output.py

Or show it with vi directly

cat_ipynb your_notebook.ipynb | view -