How to force an automatic reload of the library from inside IPython notebook

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I'm just learning IPython Notebook, using a pre-existing Python library I've written. At the beginning of my notebook, I'm importing it in the normal way.

However, I'm still modifying this library. I notice that changes I'm making to it don't seem to be reflected, even when I reload the notebook in the browser.

How can I force a reload of the library from inside IPython notebook?

Zeugma · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-19 04:06:49Z

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Use the magic autoreload to get your module refreshed automatically as you edit it.

For instance, if you develop a module called mylibrary:

%load_ext autoreload
%autoreload 1
%aiimport mylibrary

will automatically reload the module mylibrary.

You can ask to get all modules automatically reloaded with:

%autoreload 2

answered Mar 19, 2016 at 4:06

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Thomas K Over a year ago

And if you prefer to do it manually rather than reloading everything automatically, importlib.reload() is what you want.

interstar Over a year ago

Thanks. That's what I was looking for.

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