[IPython-dev] Embedding IPython Notebook in Flask web app

[MinRK]

You should be able to embed an iframe pointed to a particular notebook. You
can also with minor customization execute the code you need at startup.


On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 10:48 PM, Yang Zhang <yanghatespam at gmail.com> wrote:

> Right, I wasn't anticipating anything *not* involving spinning up separate
> servers, but I was wondering if there was anything in the way of doing
> that/managing them, and (more importantly) whether I can pre-load the
> session with the right environment (is the best bet to produce and
> somehow load a notebook file?).
>
> On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 8:21 PM, MinRK <benjaminrk at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Since all of the existing notebook web handlers are for tornado, you
> would
> > have to either rewrite the web side with django instead of tornado, or
> > *also* run a tornado webserver, and embed that content on your page (via
> > iframe or otherwise).
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 7:40 PM, Yang Zhang <yanghatespam at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm interested in embedding IPython Notebook in a Python (Flask) web
> app.
> >>
> >> This web app essentially lets users browse/view datasets.  When
> >> viewing a dataset, it would be great if we could add a button that
> >> starts an IPython Notebook (pre-loaded with the dataset and some
> >> utility libraries) to allow users to deep-dive into that dataset.
> >>
> >> I know this has been brought up a couple times in the past but I'm
> >> just asking again in case the situation has changed, since it's been a
> >> while, and also our situation is slightly different - we're not
> >> looking to provide generic IPython Notebook hosting, and we're not
> >> worried about security (this is an internal web app to just our team,
> >> all of whom have access to the underlying data anyway).
> >>
> >> I'm basically looking for the Notebook server analogy to
> >> IPython.start_ipython().  Any hints on the most straightforward route
> >> would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance!
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