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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""NBConvert is a utility for conversion of IPYNB files.
+
+Commandline interface for the NBConvert conversion utility. Read the
+readme.rst for usage information
+"""
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#Copyright (c) 2013, the IPython Development Team.
+#
+#Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
+#
+#The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#Imports
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#Stdlib imports
+from __future__ import print_function
+import sys
+import io
+import os
+
+#From IPython
+#All the stuff needed for the configurable things
+from IPython.config.application import Application
+from IPython.utils.traitlets import (Bool)
+
+#Local imports
+from nbconvert.exporters.export import export_by_name
+from nbconvert.exporters.exporter import Exporter
+from nbconvert.transformers import extractfigure
+from nbconvert.utils.config import GlobalConfigurable
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#Globals and constants
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#'Keys in resources' user prompt.
+KEYS_PROMPT_HEAD = "====================== Keys in Resources =================================="
+KEYS_PROMPT_BODY = """
+===========================================================================
+You are responsible for writting these files into the appropriate
+directorie(s) if need be. If you do not want to see this message, enable
+the 'write' (boolean) flag of the converter.
+===========================================================================
+"""
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#Classes and functions
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class NbConvertApp(Application):
+ """Application used to convert to and from notebook file type (*.ipynb)"""
+
+ stdout = Bool(
+ False, config=True,
+ help="""Whether to print the converted IPYNB file to stdout
+ use full do diff files without actually writing a new file"""
+ )
+
+ write = Bool(
+ True, config=True,
+ help="""Should the converted notebook file be written to disk
+ along with potential extracted resources."""
+ )
+
+ aliases = {
+ 'stdout':'NbConvertApp.stdout',
+ 'write':'NbConvertApp.write',
+ }
+
+ flags = {}
+
+ flags['stdout'] = (
+ {'NbConvertApp' : {'stdout' : True}},
+ """Print converted file to stdout, equivalent to --stdout=True
+ """
+ )
+
+ flags['no-write'] = (
+ {'NbConvertApp' : {'write' : True}},
+ """Do not write to disk, equivalent to --write=False
+ """
+ )
+
+
+ def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+ """Public constructor"""
+
+ #Call base class
+ super(NbConvertApp, self).__init__(**kwargs)
+
+ #Register class here to have help with help all
+ self.classes.insert(0, Exporter)
+ self.classes.insert(0, GlobalConfigurable)
+
+
+ def start(self, argv=None):
+ """Entrypoint of NbConvert application.
+
+ Parameters
+ ----------
+ argv : list
+ Commandline arguments
+ """
+
+ #Parse the commandline options.
+ self.parse_command_line(argv)
+
+ #Call base
+ super(NbConvertApp, self).start()
+
+ #The last arguments in list will be used by nbconvert
+ if len(self.extra_args) is not 3:
+ print( "Wrong number of arguments, use --help flag for usage", file=sys.stderr)
+ sys.exit(-1)
+ export_type = (self.extra_args)[1]
+ ipynb_file = (self.extra_args)[2]
+
+ #Export
+ return_value = export_by_name(export_type, ipynb_file)
+ if return_value is None:
+ print("Error: '%s' template not found." % export_type)
+ return
+ else:
+ (output, resources, exporter) = return_value
+
+ #TODO: Allow user to set output directory and file.
+ destination_filename = None
+ destination_directory = None
+ if self.write:
+
+ #Get the file name without the '.ipynb' (6 chars) extension and then
+ #remove any addition periods and spaces. The resulting name will
+ #be used to create the directory that the files will be exported
+ #into.
+ out_root = ipynb_file[:-6].replace('.', '_').replace(' ', '_')
+ destination_filename = os.path.join(out_root+'.'+exporter.file_extension)
+
+ destination_directory = out_root+'_files'
+ if not os.path.exists(destination_directory):
+ os.mkdir(destination_directory)
+
+ #Write the results
+ if self.stdout or not (destination_filename is None and destination_directory is None):
+ self._write_results(output, resources, destination_filename, destination_directory)
+
+
+ def _write_results(self, output, resources, destination_filename=None, destination_directory=None):
+ """Output the conversion results to the console and/or filesystem
+
+ Parameters
+ ----------
+ output : str
+ Output of conversion
+ resources : dictionary
+ Additional input/output used by the transformers. For
+ example, the ExtractFigure transformer outputs the
+ figures it extracts into this dictionary. This method
+ relies on the figures being in this dictionary when
+ attempting to write the figures to the file system.
+ destination_filename : str, Optional
+ Filename to write output into. If None, output is not
+ written to a file.
+ destination_directory : str, Optional
+ Directory to write notebook data (i.e. figures) to. If
+ None, figures are not written to the file system.
+ """
+
+ if self.stdout:
+ print(output.encode('utf-8'))
+
+ #Write file output from conversion.
+ if not destination_filename is None:
+ with io.open(destination_filename, 'w') as f:
+ f.write(output)
+
+ #Get the key names used by the extract figure transformer
+ figures_key = extractfigure.FIGURES_KEY
+ binary_key = extractfigure.BINARY_KEY
+ text_key = extractfigure.TEXT_KEY
+
+ #Output any associate figures into the same "root" directory.
+ binkeys = resources.get(figures_key, {}).get(binary_key,{}).keys()
+ textkeys = resources.get(figures_key, {}).get(text_key,{}).keys()
+ if binkeys or textkeys :
+ if not destination_directory is None:
+ for key in binkeys:
+ with io.open(os.path.join(destination_directory, key), 'wb') as f:
+ f.write(resources[figures_key][binary_key][key])
+ for key in textkeys:
+ with io.open(os.path.join(destination_directory, key), 'w') as f:
+ f.write(resources[figures_key][text_key][key])
+
+ #Figures that weren't exported which will need to be created by the
+ #user. Tell the user what figures these are.
+ if self.stdout:
+ print(KEYS_PROMPT_HEAD, file=sys.stderr)
+ print(resources[figures_key].keys(), file=sys.stderr)
+ print(KEYS_PROMPT_BODY , file=sys.stderr)
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#Script main
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def main():
+ """Application entry point"""
+
+ app = NbConvertApp.instance()
+ app.description = __doc__
+ app.start(argv=sys.argv)
+
+#Check to see if python is calling this file directly.
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ main()