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"""API for converting notebooks between versions."""
# Copyright (c) IPython Development Team.
# Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
from . import versions
from .reader import get_version
def convert(nb, to_version):
"""Convert a notebook node object to a specific version. Assumes that
all the versions starting from 1 to the latest major X are implemented.
In other words, there should never be a case where v1 v2 v3 v5 exist without
a v4. Also assumes that all conversions can be made in one step increments
between major versions and ignores minor revisions.
Parameters
----------
nb : NotebookNode
to_version : int
Major revision to convert the notebook to. Can either be an upgrade or
a downgrade.
"""
# Get input notebook version.
(version, version_minor) = get_version(nb)
# Check if destination is target version, if so return contents
if version == to_version:
return nb
# If the version exist, try to convert to it one step at a time.
elif to_version in versions:
# Get the the version that this recursion will convert to as a step
# closer to the final revision. Make sure the newer of the conversion
# functions is used to perform the conversion.
if to_version > version:
step_version = version + 1
convert_function = versions[step_version].upgrade
else:
step_version = version - 1
convert_function = versions[version].downgrade
# Convert and make sure version changed during conversion.
converted = convert_function(nb)
if converted.get('nbformat', 1) == version:
raise ValueError("Failed to convert notebook from v%d to v%d." % (version, step_version))
# Recursively convert until target version is reached.
return convert(converted, to_version)
else:
raise ValueError("Cannot convert notebook to v%d because that " \
"version doesn't exist" % (to_version))