[IPython-dev] is it possible to pass parameters to IPython notebook via URL?

MinRK benjaminrk at gmail.com
Thu May 8 19:03:15 EDT 2014


On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Roman Max. <rmx555 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Many thanks for the reply, I see. Indeed I am looking for a way to pass
> parameters to the Python code on the kernel, e.g. .NET app calling out a
> notebook with parameters and displaying output.
> So, essentially the notebook server doesn't support this sort of
> interaction at the moment? I assume I could do it by cloning and modifying
> .ipynb template file before each request, still hoping there is a better
> way than that.
>

No, the server definitely doesn't support URLs affecting the kernel. If you
want to execute code on the Kernel, you would do this via the Javascript
APIs.

-MinRK



>
> ------------------------------
> From: benjaminrk at gmail.com
> Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 10:47:16 -0700
> To: ipython-dev at scipy.org
> Subject: Re: [IPython-dev] is it possible to pass parameters to IPython
> notebook via URL?
>
>
> You can do this, but I wouldn't recommend it. The parameters will only be
> available to the HTML/JS in the notebook page, and not the Python code on
> the kernel.  Plus, there is a chance that it would conflict with any future
> use of url parameters by the notebook server.
>
> -MinRK
>
>
> On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Roman Max. <rmx555 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>  is it possible to pass parameters to IPython notebook via URL?
>
> How to reference/use those parameters in a notebook?
>
> e.g. http://xxxyyzz.org:8888/mynotebook.ipynb*?d1=20140101&d2=20140401*
>
>
>  Did not find an answer after searching around. Thanks!
>
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