Support gif files, urls, and format

IPython/core/display.py

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 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Top-level display functions for displaying object in different formats."""
 
 # Copyright (c) IPython Development Team.
 # Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 
 
 try:
     from base64 import encodebytes as base64_encode
 except ImportError:
     from base64 import encodestring as base64_encode
 
 from binascii import b2a_hex
 import json
 import mimetypes
 import os
 import struct
 import sys
 import warnings
 from copy import deepcopy
 
 from IPython.utils.py3compat import cast_unicode
 from IPython.testing.skipdoctest import skip_doctest
 
 __all__ = ['display', 'display_pretty', 'display_html', 'display_markdown',
-'display_svg', 'display_png', 'display_jpeg', 'display_latex', 'display_json',
+'display_svg', 'display_png', 'display_jpeg', 'display_gif', 'display_latex', 'display_json',
 'display_javascript', 'display_pdf', 'DisplayObject', 'TextDisplayObject',
 'Pretty', 'HTML', 'Markdown', 'Math', 'Latex', 'SVG', 'JSON', 'GeoJSON', 'Javascript',
 'Image', 'clear_output', 'set_matplotlib_formats', 'set_matplotlib_close',
 'publish_display_data', 'update_display', 'DisplayHandle', 'Video']
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # utility functions
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def _safe_exists(path):
     """Check path, but don't let exceptions raise"""
     try:
         return os.path.exists(path)
     except Exception:
         return False
 
 def _merge(d1, d2):
     """Like update, but merges sub-dicts instead of clobbering at the top level.
 
     Updates d1 in-place
     """
 
     if not isinstance(d2, dict) or not isinstance(d1, dict):
         return d2
     for key, value in d2.items():
         d1[key] = _merge(d1.get(key), value)
     return d1
 
 def _display_mimetype(mimetype, objs, raw=False, metadata=None):
     """internal implementation of all display_foo methods
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     mimetype : str
         The mimetype to be published (e.g. 'image/png')
     objs : tuple of objects
         The Python objects to display, or if raw=True raw text data to
         display.
     raw : bool
         Are the data objects raw data or Python objects that need to be
         formatted before display? [default: False]
     metadata : dict (optional)
         Metadata to be associated with the specific mimetype output.
     """
     if metadata:
         metadata = {mimetype: metadata}
     if raw:
         # turn list of pngdata into list of { 'image/png': pngdata }
         objs = [ {mimetype: obj} for obj in objs ]
     display(*objs, raw=raw, metadata=metadata, include=[mimetype])
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Main functions
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # use * to indicate transient is keyword-only
 def publish_display_data(data, metadata=None, source=None, *, transient=None, **kwargs):
     """Publish data and metadata to all frontends.
 
     See the ``display_data`` message in the messaging documentation for
     more details about this message type.
 
     The following MIME types are currently implemented:
 
     * text/plain
     * text/html
     * text/markdown
     * text/latex
     * application/json
     * application/javascript
     * image/png
     * image/jpeg
+    * image/gif
     * image/svg+xml
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     data : dict
         A dictionary having keys that are valid MIME types (like
         'text/plain' or 'image/svg+xml') and values that are the data for
         that MIME type. The data itself must be a JSON'able data
         structure. Minimally all data should have the 'text/plain' data,
         which can be displayed by all frontends. If more than the plain
         text is given, it is up to the frontend to decide which
         representation to use.
     metadata : dict
         A dictionary for metadata related to the data. This can contain
         arbitrary key, value pairs that frontends can use to interpret
         the data. mime-type keys matching those in data can be used
         to specify metadata about particular representations.
     source : str, deprecated
         Unused.
     transient : dict, keyword-only
         A dictionary of transient data, such as display_id.
         """
     from IPython.core.interactiveshell import InteractiveShell
 
     display_pub = InteractiveShell.instance().display_pub
 
     # only pass transient if supplied,
     # to avoid errors with older ipykernel.
     # TODO: We could check for ipykernel version and provide a detailed upgrade message.
     if transient:
         kwargs['transient'] = transient
 
     display_pub.publish(
         data=data,
         metadata=metadata,
         **kwargs
     )
 
 
 def _new_id():
     """Generate a new random text id with urandom"""
     return b2a_hex(os.urandom(16)).decode('ascii')
 
 
 def display(*objs, include=None, exclude=None, metadata=None, transient=None, display_id=None, **kwargs):
     """Display a Python object in all frontends.
 
     By default all representations will be computed and sent to the frontends.
     Frontends can decide which representation is used and how.
 
     In terminal IPython this will be similar to using :func:`print`, for use in richer
     frontends see Jupyter notebook examples with rich display logic.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     objs : tuple of objects
         The Python objects to display.
     raw : bool, optional
         Are the objects to be displayed already mimetype-keyed dicts of raw display data,
         or Python objects that need to be formatted before display? [default: False]
     include : list, tuple or set, optional
         A list of format type strings (MIME types) to include in the
         format data dict. If this is set *only* the format types included
         in this list will be computed.
     exclude : list, tuple or set, optional
         A list of format type strings (MIME types) to exclude in the format
         data dict. If this is set all format types will be computed,
         except for those included in this argument.
     metadata : dict, optional
         A dictionary of metadata to associate with the output.
         mime-type keys in this dictionary will be associated with the individual
         representation formats, if they exist.
     transient : dict, optional
         A dictionary of transient data to associate with the output.
         Data in this dict should not be persisted to files (e.g. notebooks).
     display_id : str, bool optional
         Set an id for the display.
         This id can be used for updating this display area later via update_display.
         If given as `True`, generate a new `display_id`
     kwargs: additional keyword-args, optional
         Additional keyword-arguments are passed through to the display publisher.
 
     Returns
     -------
 
     handle: DisplayHandle
         Returns a handle on updatable displays for use with :func:`update_display`,
         if `display_id` is given. Returns :any:`None` if no `display_id` is given
         (default).
 
     Examples
     --------
 
     >>> class Json(object):
     ...     def __init__(self, json):
     ...         self.json = json
     ...     def _repr_pretty_(self, pp, cycle):
     ...         import json
     ...         pp.text(json.dumps(self.json, indent=2))
     ...     def __repr__(self):
     ...         return str(self.json)
     ...
 
     >>> d = Json({1:2, 3: {4:5}})
 
     >>> print(d)
     {1: 2, 3: {4: 5}}
 
     >>> display(d)
     {
       "1": 2,
       "3": {
         "4": 5
       }
     }
 
     >>> def int_formatter(integer, pp, cycle):
     ...     pp.text('I'*integer)
 
     >>> plain = get_ipython().display_formatter.formatters['text/plain']
     >>> plain.for_type(int, int_formatter)
     <function _repr_pprint at 0x...>
     >>> display(7-5)
     II
 
     >>> del plain.type_printers[int]
     >>> display(7-5)
     2
 
     See Also
     --------
 
     :func:`update_display`
 
     Notes
     -----
 
     In Python, objects can declare their textual representation using the
     `__repr__` method. IPython expands on this idea and allows objects to declare
     other, rich representations including:
 
       - HTML
       - JSON
       - PNG
       - JPEG
       - SVG
       - LaTeX
 
     A single object can declare some or all of these representations; all are
     handled by IPython's display system.
 
     The main idea of the first approach is that you have to implement special
     display methods when you define your class, one for each representation you
     want to use. Here is a list of the names of the special methods and the
     values they must return:
 
       - `_repr_html_`: return raw HTML as a string
       - `_repr_json_`: return a JSONable dict
       - `_repr_jpeg_`: return raw JPEG data
       - `_repr_png_`: return raw PNG data
+      - `_repr_gif_`: return raw PNG data
       - `_repr_svg_`: return raw SVG data as a string
       - `_repr_latex_`: return LaTeX commands in a string surrounded by "$".
       - `_repr_mimebundle_`: return a full mimebundle containing the mapping
       from all mimetypes to data
 
     When you are directly writing your own classes, you can adapt them for
     display in IPython by following the above approach. But in practice, you
     often need to work with existing classes that you can't easily modify.
 
     You can refer to the documentation on IPython display formatters in order to
     register custom formatters for already existing types.
 
     .. versionadded:: 5.4 display available without import
     .. versionadded:: 6.1 display available without import
 
     Since IPython 5.4 and 6.1 :func:`display` is automatically made available to
     the user without import. If you are using display in a document that might
     be used in a pure python context or with older version of IPython, use the
     following import at the top of your file::
 
         from IPython.display import display
 
     """
     from IPython.core.interactiveshell import InteractiveShell
     
     if not InteractiveShell.initialized():
         # Directly print objects.
         print(*objs)
         return
     
     raw = kwargs.pop('raw', False)
     if transient is None:
         transient = {}
     if metadata is None:
         metadata={}
     if display_id:
         if display_id is True:
             display_id = _new_id()
         transient['display_id'] = display_id
     if kwargs.get('update') and 'display_id' not in transient:
         raise TypeError('display_id required for update_display')
     if transient:
         kwargs['transient'] = transient
 
     if not raw:
         format = InteractiveShell.instance().display_formatter.format
 
     for obj in objs:
         if raw:
             publish_display_data(data=obj, metadata=metadata, **kwargs)
         else:
             format_dict, md_dict = format(obj, include=include, exclude=exclude)
             if not format_dict:
                 # nothing to display (e.g. _ipython_display_ took over)
                 continue
             if metadata:
                 # kwarg-specified metadata gets precedence
                 _merge(md_dict, metadata)
             publish_display_data(data=format_dict, metadata=md_dict, **kwargs)
     if display_id:
         return DisplayHandle(display_id)
 
 
 # use * for keyword-only display_id arg
 def update_display(obj, *, display_id, **kwargs):
     """Update an existing display by id
 
     Parameters
     ----------
 
     obj:
         The object with which to update the display
     display_id: keyword-only
         The id of the display to update
 
     See Also
     --------
 
     :func:`display`
     """
     kwargs['update'] = True
     display(obj, display_id=display_id, **kwargs)
 
 
 class DisplayHandle(object):
     """A handle on an updatable display
 
     Call `.update(obj)` to display a new object.
 
     Call `.display(obj`) to add a new instance of this display,
     and update existing instances.
 
     See Also
     --------
 
         :func:`display`, :func:`update_display`
 
     """
 
     def __init__(self, display_id=None):
         if display_id is None:
             display_id = _new_id()
         self.display_id = display_id
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return "<%s display_id=%s>" % (self.__class__.__name__, self.display_id)
 
     def display(self, obj, **kwargs):
         """Make a new display with my id, updating existing instances.
         
         Parameters
         ----------
         
         obj:
             object to display
         **kwargs:
             additional keyword arguments passed to display
         """
         display(obj, display_id=self.display_id, **kwargs)
 
     def update(self, obj, **kwargs):
         """Update existing displays with my id
         
         Parameters
         ----------
         
         obj:
             object to display
         **kwargs:
             additional keyword arguments passed to update_display
         """
         update_display(obj, display_id=self.display_id, **kwargs)
 
 
 def display_pretty(*objs, **kwargs):
     """Display the pretty (default) representation of an object.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     objs : tuple of objects
         The Python objects to display, or if raw=True raw text data to
         display.
     raw : bool
         Are the data objects raw data or Python objects that need to be
         formatted before display? [default: False]
     metadata : dict (optional)
         Metadata to be associated with the specific mimetype output.
     """
     _display_mimetype('text/plain', objs, **kwargs)
 
 
 def display_html(*objs, **kwargs):
     """Display the HTML representation of an object.
 
     Note: If raw=False and the object does not have a HTML
     representation, no HTML will be shown.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     objs : tuple of objects
         The Python objects to display, or if raw=True raw HTML data to
         display.
     raw : bool
         Are the data objects raw data or Python objects that need to be
         formatted before display? [default: False]
     metadata : dict (optional)
         Metadata to be associated with the specific mimetype output.
     """
     _display_mimetype('text/html', objs, **kwargs)
 
 
 def display_markdown(*objs, **kwargs):
     """Displays the Markdown representation of an object.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     objs : tuple of objects
         The Python objects to display, or if raw=True raw markdown data to
         display.
     raw : bool
         Are the data objects raw data or Python objects that need to be
         formatted before display? [default: False]
     metadata : dict (optional)
         Metadata to be associated with the specific mimetype output.
     """
 
     _display_mimetype('text/markdown', objs, **kwargs)
 
 
 def display_svg(*objs, **kwargs):
     """Display the SVG representation of an object.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     objs : tuple of objects
         The Python objects to display, or if raw=True raw svg data to
         display.
     raw : bool
         Are the data objects raw data or Python objects that need to be
         formatted before display? [default: False]
     metadata : dict (optional)
         Metadata to be associated with the specific mimetype output.
     """
     _display_mimetype('image/svg+xml', objs, **kwargs)
 
 
 def display_png(*objs, **kwargs):
     """Display the PNG representation of an object.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     objs : tuple of objects
         The Python objects to display, or if raw=True raw png data to
         display.
     raw : bool
         Are the data objects raw data or Python objects that need to be
         formatted before display? [default: False]
     metadata : dict (optional)
         Metadata to be associated with the specific mimetype output.
     """
     _display_mimetype('image/png', objs, **kwargs)
 
 
 def display_jpeg(*objs, **kwargs):
     """Display the JPEG representation of an object.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     objs : tuple of objects
         The Python objects to display, or if raw=True raw JPEG data to
         display.
     raw : bool
         Are the data objects raw data or Python objects that need to be
         formatted before display? [default: False]
     metadata : dict (optional)
         Metadata to be associated with the specific mimetype output.
     """
     _display_mimetype('image/jpeg', objs, **kwargs)
+    
+def display_gif(*objs, **kwargs):
+    """Display the GIF representation of an object.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    objs : tuple of objects
+        The Python objects to display, or if raw=True raw gif data to
+        display.
+    raw : bool
+        Are the data objects raw data or Python objects that need to be
+        formatted before display? [default: False]
+    metadata : dict (optional)
+        Metadata to be associated with the specific mimetype output.
+    """
+    _display_mimetype('image/gif', objs, **kwargs)
 
 
 def display_latex(*objs, **kwargs):
     """Display the LaTeX representation of an object.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     objs : tuple of objects
         The Python objects to display, or if raw=True raw latex data to
         display.
     raw : bool
         Are the data objects raw data or Python objects that need to be
         formatted before display? [default: False]
     metadata : dict (optional)
         Metadata to be associated with the specific mimetype output.
     """
     _display_mimetype('text/latex', objs, **kwargs)
 
 
 def display_json(*objs, **kwargs):
     """Display the JSON representation of an object.
 
     Note that not many frontends support displaying JSON.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     objs : tuple of objects
         The Python objects to display, or if raw=True raw json data to
         display.
     raw : bool
         Are the data objects raw data or Python objects that need to be
         formatted before display? [default: False]
     metadata : dict (optional)
         Metadata to be associated with the specific mimetype output.
     """
     _display_mimetype('application/json', objs, **kwargs)
 
 
 def display_javascript(*objs, **kwargs):
     """Display the Javascript representation of an object.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     objs : tuple of objects
         The Python objects to display, or if raw=True raw javascript data to
         display.
     raw : bool
         Are the data objects raw data or Python objects that need to be
         formatted before display? [default: False]
     metadata : dict (optional)
         Metadata to be associated with the specific mimetype output.
     """
     _display_mimetype('application/javascript', objs, **kwargs)
 
 
 def display_pdf(*objs, **kwargs):
     """Display the PDF representation of an object.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     objs : tuple of objects
         The Python objects to display, or if raw=True raw javascript data to
         display.
     raw : bool
         Are the data objects raw data or Python objects that need to be
         formatted before display? [default: False]
     metadata : dict (optional)
         Metadata to be associated with the specific mimetype output.
     """
     _display_mimetype('application/pdf', objs, **kwargs)
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Smart classes
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 class DisplayObject(object):
     """An object that wraps data to be displayed."""
 
     _read_flags = 'r'
     _show_mem_addr = False
     metadata = None
 
     def __init__(self, data=None, url=None, filename=None, metadata=None):
         """Create a display object given raw data.
 
         When this object is returned by an expression or passed to the
         display function, it will result in the data being displayed
         in the frontend. The MIME type of the data should match the
         subclasses used, so the Png subclass should be used for 'image/png'
         data. If the data is a URL, the data will first be downloaded
         and then displayed. If
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         data : unicode, str or bytes
             The raw data or a URL or file to load the data from
         url : unicode
             A URL to download the data from.
         filename : unicode
             Path to a local file to load the data from.
         metadata : dict
             Dict of metadata associated to be the object when displayed
         """
         if data is not None and isinstance(data, str):
             if data.startswith('http') and url is None:
                 url = data
                 filename = None
                 data = None
             elif _safe_exists(data) and filename is None:
                 url = None
                 filename = data
                 data = None
 
         self.data = data
         self.url = url
         self.filename = filename
 
         if metadata is not None:
             self.metadata = metadata
         elif self.metadata is None:
             self.metadata = {}
 
         self.reload()
         self._check_data()
 
     def __repr__(self):
         if not self._show_mem_addr:
             cls = self.__class__
             r = "<%s.%s object>" % (cls.__module__, cls.__name__)
         else:
             r = super(DisplayObject, self).__repr__()
         return r
 
     def _check_data(self):
         """Override in subclasses if there's something to check."""
         pass
 
     def _data_and_metadata(self):
         """shortcut for returning metadata with shape information, if defined"""
         if self.metadata:
             return self.data, deepcopy(self.metadata)
         else:
             return self.data
 
     def reload(self):
         """Reload the raw data from file or URL."""
         if self.filename is not None:
             with open(self.filename, self._read_flags) as f:
                 self.data = f.read()
         elif self.url is not None:
             try:
                 # Deferred import
                 from urllib.request import urlopen
                 response = urlopen(self.url)
                 self.data = response.read()
                 # extract encoding from header, if there is one:
                 encoding = None
                 for sub in response.headers['content-type'].split(';'):
                     sub = sub.strip()
                     if sub.startswith('charset'):
                         encoding = sub.split('=')[-1].strip()
                         break
                 # decode data, if an encoding was specified
                 if encoding:
                     self.data = self.data.decode(encoding, 'replace')
             except:
                 self.data = None
 
 class TextDisplayObject(DisplayObject):
     """Validate that display data is text"""
     def _check_data(self):
         if self.data is not None and not isinstance(self.data, str):
             raise TypeError("%s expects text, not %r" % (self.__class__.__name__, self.data))
 
 class Pretty(TextDisplayObject):
 
     def _repr_pretty_(self, pp, cycle):
         return pp.text(self.data)
 
 
 class HTML(TextDisplayObject):
 
     def _repr_html_(self):
         return self.data
 
     def __html__(self):
         """
         This method exists to inform other HTML-using modules (e.g. Markupsafe,
         htmltag, etc) that this object is HTML and does not need things like
         special characters (<>&) escaped.
         """
         return self._repr_html_()
 
 
 class Markdown(TextDisplayObject):
 
     def _repr_markdown_(self):
         return self.data
 
 
 class Math(TextDisplayObject):
 
     def _repr_latex_(self):
         s = self.data.strip('$')
         return "$$%s$$" % s
 
 
 class Latex(TextDisplayObject):
 
     def _repr_latex_(self):
         return self.data
 
 
 class SVG(DisplayObject):
 
     _read_flags = 'rb'
     # wrap data in a property, which extracts the <svg> tag, discarding
     # document headers
     _data = None
 
     @property
     def data(self):
         return self._data
 
     @data.setter
     def data(self, svg):
         if svg is None:
             self._data = None
             return
         # parse into dom object
         from xml.dom import minidom
         x = minidom.parseString(svg)
         # get svg tag (should be 1)
         found_svg = x.getElementsByTagName('svg')
         if found_svg:
             svg = found_svg[0].toxml()
         else:
             # fallback on the input, trust the user
             # but this is probably an error.
             pass
         svg = cast_unicode(svg)
         self._data = svg
     
     def _repr_svg_(self):
         return self._data_and_metadata()
 
 
 class JSON(DisplayObject):
     """JSON expects a JSON-able dict or list
 
     not an already-serialized JSON string.
 
     Scalar types (None, number, string) are not allowed, only dict or list containers.
     """
     # wrap data in a property, which warns about passing already-serialized JSON
     _data = None
     def __init__(self, data=None, url=None, filename=None, expanded=False, metadata=None, **kwargs):
         """Create a JSON display object given raw data.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         data : dict or list
             JSON data to display. Not an already-serialized JSON string.
             Scalar types (None, number, string) are not allowed, only dict
             or list containers.
         url : unicode
             A URL to download the data from.
         filename : unicode
             Path to a local file to load the data from.
         expanded : boolean
             Metadata to control whether a JSON display component is expanded.
         metadata: dict
             Specify extra metadata to attach to the json display object.
         """
         self.metadata = {'expanded': expanded}
         if metadata:
             self.metadata.update(metadata)
         if kwargs:
             self.metadata.update(kwargs)
         super(JSON, self).__init__(data=data, url=url, filename=filename)
 
     def _check_data(self):
         if self.data is not None and not isinstance(self.data, (dict, list)):
             raise TypeError("%s expects JSONable dict or list, not %r" % (self.__class__.__name__, self.data))
 
     @property
     def data(self):
         return self._data
 
     @data.setter
     def data(self, data):
         if isinstance(data, str):
             if getattr(self, 'filename', None) is None:
                 warnings.warn("JSON expects JSONable dict or list, not JSON strings")
             data = json.loads(data)
         self._data = data
 
     def _data_and_metadata(self):
         return self.data, self.metadata
 
     def _repr_json_(self):
         return self._data_and_metadata()
 
 _css_t = """$("head").append($("<link/>").attr({
   rel:  "stylesheet",
   type: "text/css",
   href: "%s"
 }));
 """
 
 _lib_t1 = """$.getScript("%s", function () {
 """
 _lib_t2 = """});
 """
 
 class GeoJSON(JSON):
     """GeoJSON expects JSON-able dict
 
     not an already-serialized JSON string.
 
     Scalar types (None, number, string) are not allowed, only dict containers.
     """
     
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """Create a GeoJSON display object given raw data.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         data : dict or list
             VegaLite data. Not an already-serialized JSON string.
             Scalar types (None, number, string) are not allowed, only dict
             or list containers.
         url_template : string
             Leaflet TileLayer URL template: http://leafletjs.com/reference.html#url-template
         layer_options : dict
             Leaflet TileLayer options: http://leafletjs.com/reference.html#tilelayer-options
         url : unicode
             A URL to download the data from.
         filename : unicode
             Path to a local file to load the data from.
         metadata: dict
             Specify extra metadata to attach to the json display object.
 
         Examples
         --------
 
         The following will display an interactive map of Mars with a point of
         interest on frontend that do support GeoJSON display.
 
             >>> from IPython.display import GeoJSON
 
             >>> GeoJSON(data={
             ...     "type": "Feature",
             ...     "geometry": {
             ...         "type": "Point",
             ...         "coordinates": [-81.327, 296.038]
             ...     }
             ... },
             ... url_template="http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/whereonmars.cartodb.net/{basemap_id}/{z}/{x}/{y}.png",
             ... layer_options={
             ...     "basemap_id": "celestia_mars-shaded-16k_global",
             ...     "attribution" : "Celestia/praesepe",
             ...     "minZoom" : 0,
             ...     "maxZoom" : 18,
             ... })
             <IPython.core.display.GeoJSON object>
 
         In the terminal IPython, you will only see the text representation of
         the GeoJSON object.
 
         """
         
         super(GeoJSON, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
 
     def _ipython_display_(self):
         bundle = {
             'application/geo+json': self.data,
             'text/plain': '<IPython.display.GeoJSON object>'
         }
         metadata = {
             'application/geo+json': self.metadata
         }
         display(bundle, metadata=metadata, raw=True)
 
 class Javascript(TextDisplayObject):
 
     def __init__(self, data=None, url=None, filename=None, lib=None, css=None):
         """Create a Javascript display object given raw data.
 
         When this object is returned by an expression or passed to the
         display function, it will result in the data being displayed
         in the frontend. If the data is a URL, the data will first be
         downloaded and then displayed.
 
         In the Notebook, the containing element will be available as `element`,
         and jQuery will be available.  Content appended to `element` will be
         visible in the output area.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         data : unicode, str or bytes
             The Javascript source code or a URL to download it from.
         url : unicode
             A URL to download the data from.
         filename : unicode
             Path to a local file to load the data from.
         lib : list or str
             A sequence of Javascript library URLs to load asynchronously before
             running the source code. The full URLs of the libraries should
             be given. A single Javascript library URL can also be given as a
             string.
         css: : list or str
             A sequence of css files to load before running the source code.
             The full URLs of the css files should be given. A single css URL
             can also be given as a string.
         """
         if isinstance(lib, str):
             lib = [lib]
         elif lib is None:
             lib = []
         if isinstance(css, str):
             css = [css]
         elif css is None:
             css = []
         if not isinstance(lib, (list,tuple)):
             raise TypeError('expected sequence, got: %r' % lib)
         if not isinstance(css, (list,tuple)):
             raise TypeError('expected sequence, got: %r' % css)
         self.lib = lib
         self.css = css
-        super(Javascript, self).__init__(data=data, url=url, filename=filename)
+        superg(Javascript, self).__init__(data=data, url=url, filename=filename)
 
     def _repr_javascript_(self):
         r = ''
         for c in self.css:
             r += _css_t % c
         for l in self.lib:
             r += _lib_t1 % l
         r += self.data
         r += _lib_t2*len(self.lib)
         return r
 
 # constants for identifying png/jpeg data
 _PNG = b'\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n'
 _JPEG = b'\xff\xd8'
 
 def _pngxy(data):
     """read the (width, height) from a PNG header"""
     ihdr = data.index(b'IHDR')
     # next 8 bytes are width/height
     w4h4 = data[ihdr+4:ihdr+12]
     return struct.unpack('>ii', w4h4)
 
 def _jpegxy(data):
     """read the (width, height) from a JPEG header"""
     # adapted from http://www.64lines.com/jpeg-width-height
 
     idx = 4
     while True:
         block_size = struct.unpack('>H', data[idx:idx+2])[0]
         idx = idx + block_size
         if data[idx:idx+2] == b'\xFF\xC0':
             # found Start of Frame
             iSOF = idx
             break
         else:
             # read another block
             idx += 2
 
     h, w = struct.unpack('>HH', data[iSOF+5:iSOF+9])
     return w, h
 
 class Image(DisplayObject):
 
     _read_flags = 'rb'
     _FMT_JPEG = u'jpeg'
     _FMT_PNG = u'png'
-    _ACCEPTABLE_EMBEDDINGS = [_FMT_JPEG, _FMT_PNG]
+    _FMT_GIF = u'gif'
+    _ACCEPTABLE_EMBEDDINGS = [_FMT_JPEG, _FMT_PNG, _FMT_GIF]
 
     def __init__(self, data=None, url=None, filename=None, format=None,
                  embed=None, width=None, height=None, retina=False,
                  unconfined=False, metadata=None):
-        """Create a PNG/JPEG image object given raw data.
+        """Create a PNG/JPEG/GIF image object given raw data.
 
         When this object is returned by an input cell or passed to the
         display function, it will result in the image being displayed
         in the frontend.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         data : unicode, str or bytes
             The raw image data or a URL or filename to load the data from.
             This always results in embedded image data.
         url : unicode
             A URL to download the data from. If you specify `url=`,
             the image data will not be embedded unless you also specify `embed=True`.
         filename : unicode
             Path to a local file to load the data from.
             Images from a file are always embedded.
         format : unicode
-            The format of the image data (png/jpeg/jpg). If a filename or URL is given
+            The format of the image data (png/jpeg/jpg/gif). If a filename or URL is given
             for format will be inferred from the filename extension.
         embed : bool
             Should the image data be embedded using a data URI (True) or be
             loaded using an <img> tag. Set this to True if you want the image
             to be viewable later with no internet connection in the notebook.
 
             Default is `True`, unless the keyword argument `url` is set, then
             default value is `False`.
 
             Note that QtConsole is not able to display images if `embed` is set to `False`
         width : int
             Width in pixels to which to constrain the image in html
         height : int
             Height in pixels to which to constrain the image in html
         retina : bool
             Automatically set the width and height to half of the measured
             width and height.
             This only works for embedded images because it reads the width/height
             from image data.
             For non-embedded images, you can just set the desired display width
             and height directly.
         unconfined: bool
             Set unconfined=True to disable max-width confinement of the image.
         metadata: dict
             Specify extra metadata to attach to the image.
 
         Examples
         --------
         # embedded image data, works in qtconsole and notebook
         # when passed positionally, the first arg can be any of raw image data,
         # a URL, or a filename from which to load image data.
         # The result is always embedding image data for inline images.
         Image('http://www.google.fr/images/srpr/logo3w.png')
         Image('/path/to/image.jpg')
         Image(b'RAW_PNG_DATA...')
 
         # Specifying Image(url=...) does not embed the image data,
         # it only generates `<img>` tag with a link to the source.
         # This will not work in the qtconsole or offline.
         Image(url='http://www.google.fr/images/srpr/logo3w.png')
 
         """
         if filename is not None:
             ext = self._find_ext(filename)
         elif url is not None:
             ext = self._find_ext(url)
         elif data is None:
             raise ValueError("No image data found. Expecting filename, url, or data.")
         elif isinstance(data, str) and (
             data.startswith('http') or _safe_exists(data)
         ):
             ext = self._find_ext(data)
         else:
             ext = None
 
         if format is None:
             if ext is not None:
                 if ext == u'jpg' or ext == u'jpeg':
                     format = self._FMT_JPEG
                 if ext == u'png':
                     format = self._FMT_PNG
+                if ext == u'gif':
+                    # use PNG format until we understand why GIF is not working
+                    format = self._FMT_PNG
                 else:
                     format = ext.lower()
             elif isinstance(data, bytes):
                 # infer image type from image data header,
                 # only if format has not been specified.
                 if data[:2] == _JPEG:
                     format = self._FMT_JPEG
 
         # failed to detect format, default png
         if format is None:
-            format = 'png'
+            format = self._FMT_PNG
 
         if format.lower() == 'jpg':
             # jpg->jpeg
             format = self._FMT_JPEG
+            
+        if format == self._FMT_GIF:
+            # use PNG format until we understand why GIF is not working
+            format = self._FMT_PNG
 
         self.format = format.lower()
         self.embed = embed if embed is not None else (url is None)
 
         if self.embed and self.format not in self._ACCEPTABLE_EMBEDDINGS:
             raise ValueError("Cannot embed the '%s' image format" % (self.format))
         self.width = width
         self.height = height
         self.retina = retina
         self.unconfined = unconfined
         super(Image, self).__init__(data=data, url=url, filename=filename, 
                 metadata=metadata)
 
         if self.width is None and self.metadata.get('width', {}):
             self.width = metadata['width']
 
         if self.height is None and self.metadata.get('height', {}):
             self.height = metadata['height']
 
         if retina:
             self._retina_shape()
 
     def _retina_shape(self):
         """load pixel-doubled width and height from image data"""
         if not self.embed:
             return
-        if self.format == 'png':
+        if self.format == self._FMT_PNG:
             w, h = _pngxy(self.data)
-        elif self.format == 'jpeg':
+        elif self.format == self._FMT_JPEG:
             w, h = _jpegxy(self.data)
         else:
             # retina only supports png
             return
         self.width = w // 2
         self.height = h // 2
 
     def reload(self):
         """Reload the raw data from file or URL."""
         if self.embed:
             super(Image,self).reload()
             if self.retina:
                 self._retina_shape()
 
     def _repr_html_(self):
         if not self.embed:
             width = height = klass = ''
             if self.width:
                 width = ' width="%d"' % self.width
             if self.height:
                 height = ' height="%d"' % self.height
             if self.unconfined:
                 klass = ' class="unconfined"'
             return u'<img src="{url}"{width}{height}{klass}/>'.format(
                 url=self.url,
                 width=width,
                 height=height,
                 klass=klass,
             )
 
     def _data_and_metadata(self):
         """shortcut for returning metadata with shape information, if defined"""
         md = {}
         if self.metadata:
             md.update(self.metadata)
         if self.width:
             md['width'] = self.width
         if self.height:
             md['height'] = self.height
         if self.unconfined:
             md['unconfined'] = self.unconfined
         if md:
             return self.data, md
         else:
             return self.data
 
     def _repr_png_(self):
-        if self.embed and self.format == u'png':
+        if self.embed and self.format == self._FMT_PNG:
             return self._data_and_metadata()
 
     def _repr_jpeg_(self):
-        if self.embed and (self.format == u'jpeg' or self.format == u'jpg'):
+        if self.embed and (self.format == self._FMT_JPEG or self.format == u'jpg'):
+            return self._data_and_metadata()
+            
+    def _repr_gif_(self):
+        if self.embed and self.format == self._FMT_PNG:
             return self._data_and_metadata()
 
     def _find_ext(self, s):
         return s.split('.')[-1].lower()
 
 class Video(DisplayObject):
 
     def __init__(self, data=None, url=None, filename=None, embed=False, mimetype=None):
         """Create a video object given raw data or an URL.
 
         When this object is returned by an input cell or passed to the
         display function, it will result in the video being displayed
         in the frontend.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         data : unicode, str or bytes
             The raw video data or a URL or filename to load the data from.
             Raw data will require passing `embed=True`.
         url : unicode
             A URL for the video. If you specify `url=`,
             the image data will not be embedded.
         filename : unicode
             Path to a local file containing the video.
             Will be interpreted as a local URL unless `embed=True`.
         embed : bool
             Should the video be embedded using a data URI (True) or be
             loaded using a <video> tag (False).
 
             Since videos are large, embedding them should be avoided, if possible.
             You must confirm embedding as your intention by passing `embed=True`.
 
             Local files can be displayed with URLs without embedding the content, via::
 
                 Video('./video.mp4')
 
         mimetype: unicode
             Specify the mimetype for embedded videos.
             Default will be guessed from file extension, if available.
 
         Examples
         --------
 
         Video('https://archive.org/download/Sita_Sings_the_Blues/Sita_Sings_the_Blues_small.mp4')
         Video('path/to/video.mp4')
         Video('path/to/video.mp4', embed=True)
         Video(b'raw-videodata', embed=True)
         """
         if url is None and isinstance(data, str) and data.startswith(('http:', 'https:')):
             url = data
             data = None
         elif os.path.exists(data):
             filename = data
             data = None
 
         if data and not embed:
             msg = ''.join([
                 "To embed videos, you must pass embed=True ",
                 "(this may make your notebook files huge)\n",
                 "Consider passing Video(url='...')",
             ])
             raise ValueError(msg)
 
         self.mimetype = mimetype
         self.embed = embed
         super(Video, self).__init__(data=data, url=url, filename=filename)
 
     def _repr_html_(self):
         # External URLs and potentially local files are not embedded into the
         # notebook output.
         if not self.embed:
             url = self.url if self.url is not None else self.filename
             output = """<video src="{0}" controls>
       Your browser does not support the <code>video</code> element.
     </video>""".format(url)
             return output
 
         # Embedded videos are base64-encoded.
         mimetype = self.mimetype
         if self.filename is not None:
             if not mimetype:
                 mimetype, _ = mimetypes.guess_type(self.filename)
 
             with open(self.filename, 'rb') as f:
                 video = f.read()
         else:
             video = self.data
         if isinstance(video, str):
             # unicode input is already b64-encoded
             b64_video = video
         else:
             b64_video = base64_encode(video).decode('ascii').rstrip()
 
         output = """<video controls>
  <source src="data:{0};base64,{1}" type="{0}">
  Your browser does not support the video tag.
  </video>""".format(mimetype, b64_video)
         return output
 
     def reload(self):
         # TODO
         pass
 
     def _repr_png_(self):
         # TODO
         pass
     def _repr_jpeg_(self):
         # TODO
         pass
+    def _repr_gif_(self):
+        # TODO
+        pass
 
 def clear_output(wait=False):
     """Clear the output of the current cell receiving output.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     wait : bool [default: false]
         Wait to clear the output until new output is available to replace it."""
     from IPython.core.interactiveshell import InteractiveShell
     if InteractiveShell.initialized():
         InteractiveShell.instance().display_pub.clear_output(wait)
     else:
         print('\033[2K\r', end='')
         sys.stdout.flush()
         print('\033[2K\r', end='')
         sys.stderr.flush()
 
 
 @skip_doctest
 def set_matplotlib_formats(*formats, **kwargs):
     """Select figure formats for the inline backend. Optionally pass quality for JPEG.
 
     For example, this enables PNG and JPEG output with a JPEG quality of 90%::
 
         In [1]: set_matplotlib_formats('png', 'jpeg', quality=90)
 
     To set this in your config files use the following::
 
         c.InlineBackend.figure_formats = {'png', 'jpeg'}
         c.InlineBackend.print_figure_kwargs.update({'quality' : 90})
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     *formats : strs
         One or more figure formats to enable: 'png', 'retina', 'jpeg', 'svg', 'pdf'.
     **kwargs :
         Keyword args will be relayed to ``figure.canvas.print_figure``.
     """
     from IPython.core.interactiveshell import InteractiveShell
     from IPython.core.pylabtools import select_figure_formats
     # build kwargs, starting with InlineBackend config
     kw = {}
     from ipykernel.pylab.config import InlineBackend
     cfg = InlineBackend.instance()
     kw.update(cfg.print_figure_kwargs)
     kw.update(**kwargs)
     shell = InteractiveShell.instance()
     select_figure_formats(shell, formats, **kw)
 
 @skip_doctest
 def set_matplotlib_close(close=True):
     """Set whether the inline backend closes all figures automatically or not.
 
     By default, the inline backend used in the IPython Notebook will close all
     matplotlib figures automatically after each cell is run. This means that
     plots in different cells won't interfere. Sometimes, you may want to make
     a plot in one cell and then refine it in later cells. This can be accomplished
     by::
 
         In [1]: set_matplotlib_close(False)
 
     To set this in your config files use the following::
 
         c.InlineBackend.close_figures = False
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     close : bool
         Should all matplotlib figures be automatically closed after each cell is
         run?
     """
     from ipykernel.pylab.config import InlineBackend
     cfg = InlineBackend.instance()
     cfg.close_figures = close