Is there a way to create a .ipynb from a .py file command line?

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Why I would want to do this: I want to refactore some code using a text editor. My ipynb file is on a server, and it is way easier to transfer a .py file (generated by running ipython notebook with --script) that is tracked on a version control system (git) than ipynb.

Ideally I want to do the following:

the Notebook is running with --script, so I have a .py file
commit the new version of the file, push from the server and pull on my machine
pull from my machine
edit on my machine
commit, push from my machine and pull from the server
create the .ipynb file from the new .py file and replace the old one

And I can't find any way to start on the server an iPython Notebook from a py file that is on the server.

Sure, I can add the .ipynb to git, but there are good reasons not to do that. I could also send files using ftps, but since it is something I do rather often I'd like to find a better solution.

possible duplicate of Converting to (not from) ipython Notebook format — Bhargav Rao
– Bhargav Rao, Commented Jul 5, 2016 at 11:19

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:18:05Z

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I believe it is covered here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/23292713/3025981. I reproduce the snipped here:

import IPython.nbformat.current as nbf
nb = nbf.read(open('test.py', 'r'), 'py')
nbf.write(nb, open('test.ipynb', 'w'), 'ipynb')

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:18

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answered Dec 1, 2014 at 20:40

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Ilya V. Schurov Over a year ago

@BhargavRao, actually, I can just copy-paste the answer from the link, but I think that this question can be also marked as a dupe of the question I refer to. However, I'm not sure...

Mark K · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-28 08:31:57Z

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From https://pypi.org/project/ipynb-py-convert/

pip install ipynb-py-convert

Example

ipynb-py-convert examples/plot.py examples/plot.ipynb

or

ipynb-py-convert examples/plot.ipynb examples/plot.py

answered Oct 28, 2019 at 8:31

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