Loading external notebooks

gistfile1.py

import io
from IPython.nbformat import current

#function for loading external nb
def execute_notebook(nbfile):
    
    with io.open(nbfile) as f:
        nb = current.read(f, 'json')
    
    ip = get_ipython()
    
    for cell in nb.worksheets[0].cells:
        if cell.cell_type != 'code':
            continue
        ip.run_cell(cell.input)

#load some notebook (formatted for Dropbox on OSX )   
user = !whoami
execute_notebook("/Users/"+user[0]+"/Dropbox/pydslibs/pydslib.ipynb")