How to use IPython magic within a script to auto reload modules?

Question

I am trying to include some of the IPython built-in magic functions to auto reload modules when I am running a script. So I have tried this:

if __IPYTHON__:
         


        

Answer 1

Thank you for the link Gall!!! Whit your help I came up with the following solution:

from IPython import get_ipython
ipython = get_ipython()

if '__IPYTHON__' in globals():
    ipython.magic('load_ext autoreload')
    ipython.magic('autoreload 2')