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Create a Table of Contents for an iPython Notebook.
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import json | |
import re | |
import string | |
from IPython.display import display_markdown | |
class TOC: | |
def __init__(self, notebook_path): | |
""" | |
Class that builds a table of content for a given notebook. For now, it | |
only accepts markdown headers using the '#' format (e.g.: ## This is a | |
header of level 2). You can use it directly in your notebook as follows: | |
''' | |
%run ipynb_toc.py | |
TOC('mynotebook.ipynb').display_markdown(min_level=2) | |
''' | |
""" | |
self.notebook_path = notebook_path | |
self.json_notebook = None | |
self.toc = [] | |
self.title_regex = re.compile('\#+') | |
def get_toc_content(self, cell): | |
""" | |
Append the potential headers contained in this cell to the toc list. | |
""" | |
for line in cell['source']: | |
m = self.title_regex.match(line) | |
if m: | |
level = len(m.group()) # count number of # character | |
title = line.strip('#').strip() | |
href = title.replace(' ', '-') | |
self.toc.append((level, title, href)) | |
def create_toc(self): | |
""" | |
Iterate through all the markdown cells in the notebook and fill a list | |
containing the headers. | |
""" | |
with open(self.notebook_path) as nb_fd: | |
self.json_notebook = json.load(nb_fd) | |
self.markdown_cells = [cell for cell in self.json_notebook['cells'] if cell['cell_type'] == 'markdown'] | |
for mcell in self.markdown_cells: | |
self.get_toc_content(mcell) | |
def display_markdown(self, min_level=1): | |
""" | |
Create the table of contents and display it in markdown. | |
""" | |
md_content = self.to_markdown(min_level) | |
display_markdown(md_content, raw=True) | |
def to_markdown(self, min_level=1): | |
""" | |
Create the table and return it in markdown. | |
""" | |
self.create_toc() | |
header_list = [] | |
href_list = [] | |
level_count = 1 | |
previous_level = 0 | |
for idx, (level, title, href) in enumerate(self.toc): | |
if level >= min_level: | |
if previous_level == level: | |
level_count += 1 | |
else: | |
level_count = 1 | |
header = '%s%d. [%s][%d]' % (' '*(level-min_level), | |
level_count, title, idx) | |
header_list.append(header) | |
href_list.append('[%d]: #%s' % (idx, href)) | |
previous_level = level | |
md_content = "\n".join(header_list + href_list) | |
return md_content |
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