Display SVG in IPython notebook from a function

Question

In IPython notebook, the following code displays the SVG below the cell:

from IPython.display import SVG
SVG(url=\'http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a4/         


        

Answer 1

Add return to your function :

from IPython.display import SVG
def show_svg():
    return SVG(url='http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg')

Then call your functions as the last line in cell:

show_svg()