How to generate a Jupyter notebook from Python.

import nbformat

nb = nbformat.v4.new_notebook()

title = "#title"

code = """
%matplotlib inline
from sympy import *
# to print with mathjax on jupyter notebook
init_printing()
"""

nb["cells"] = [
    nbformat.v4.new_markdown_cell(title),
    nbformat.v4.new_code_cell(code)
]

with open("output.ipynb", "w") as f:
    nbformat.write(nb, f)

With this, it seems that you can do various useful things.

Generate a custom .ipynb in PyCharm

PyCharm is a Python integrated development environment (IDE), which has very powerful complementary features and is the strongest Python development environment. In fact, PyCharm can work with Jupyter, and Jupyter's expressive power + PyCharm's powerful complementary function is quite comfortable.

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However, when dealing with mathematical formulas, PyCharm's Jupyter output is poor, so it is better to use the browser version of Jupyter. So I don't use PyCharm's Jupyter, instead I use ʻExtranal Tools`.

Create an .ipynb generation script

Create the following script somewhere that is easy to refer to.

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# coding:utf-8
import sys
import os
import nbformat

output_dir = sys.argv[1]
output_file = input("input ipynb name:")

nb = nbformat.v4.new_notebook()

title = "#title"

code = """
%matplotlib inline
from sympy import *
init_session()
"""

nb["cells"] = [
    nbformat.v4.new_markdown_cell(title),
    nbformat.v4.new_code_cell(code)
]

if not output_file.endswith(".ipynb"):
    output_file += ".ipynb"

with open(os.path.join(output_dir, output_file), "w") as f:
    nbformat.write(nb, f)

print("ok.")

Register as PyCharm's External Tool

Open PyCharm's File (F) menu and select Settings ...

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Select "Tools"-> "External Tools" in the settings dialog and press the "+" button.

The setting dialog will appear, so add the following items.

item	input
Name	Please enter a suitable name
Description	Please enter an appropriate explanation
Program	Python path where Jupyter is installed
Parameters	The script path from earlier$FileDir$

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You can now generate .ipynb from PyCharm's right-click menu!

Select "External Toos"-> "Registered Tool Name" from the right-click menu of PyCharm.

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When you enter the file name in the console, various pre-filled .ipynb files will be generated from the beginning.

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reference

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/nbformat https://github.com/jupyter/nbformat

Generate Jupyter notebook ".ipynb" in Python

Generate a custom .ipynb in PyCharm

Create an .ipynb generation script

Register as PyCharm's External Tool

You can now generate .ipynb from PyCharm's right-click menu!

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