[IPython-dev] programmatically passing in password when running IPython notebook

[Thomas Kluyver]

On 8 December 2014 at 11:56, Robert Alexander <roalexan at microsoft.com>
wrote:

> Hi. Is there a way, such as using URL request parameters or perhaps an
> IPython API, to open an IPython notebook and pass in the password
> programmatically? The profile for the IPython server is configured with a
> password, but there are cases where I trust the URL and want to bring up
> the notebook without requiring the user to enter the password.


Hi Robert,

There isn't currently any mechanism like that, no. We have thought about
having a one-time-password system when opening the browser, so that we
could enable password authentication by default, but it hasn't happened so
far.

Thomas
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