Launch IPython notebook with selected browser
PythonWindowsSubprocessIpythonPython Problem Overview
I am trying to start IPython with a non default browser (in my case Firefox) and thought I could replicate the replicate the script given in this blog
I am on Windows 7
I put the following code in a file say "module.py"
import subprocess
subprocess.call("ipython notebook --no-browser", shell=True)
subprocess.call([r'C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe', '-new-tab', 'http://127.0.0.1:8888/'])
However when I run it from the command line
python C:\Users\mugabal\Desktop\module1.py
It execute the first line but not the second one (both lines work fine individually)
My question (in a more general term) how can I launch a process and tell it not to highjack the console window?
I apologize in advance if I have overseen an obvious explanation but I looked both in the subprocess documentation and on this platform
----- UPDATE -----
I should have added that I tried to launch IPython with selected browser but could not figure out how to get it work
>ipython notebook --browser='C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe'
...
[NotebookApp] The IPython Notebook is running at: http://127.0.0.1:8888/
...
**[NotebookApp] No web browser found: could not locate runnable browser.**
To be precise, the following command in a Windows command prompt window works as expected:
start firefox
but
ipython notebook --browser=firefox
does not work (same error as above).
Python Solutions
Solution 1 - Python
I had the same problem on windows and got it work this way:
-
Create a config file with command
ipython profile create default -
Edit ipython_notebook_config.py file, search for line
#c.NotebookApp.browser =''
and replace it with
import webbrowser
webbrowser.register('firefox', None, webbrowser.GenericBrowser('C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe'))
c.NotebookApp.browser = 'firefox'
then it works for me.
Hope it will help you.
JPG
Solution 2 - Python
On my mac, I got the following command to use Firefox instead of my default Chrome:
jupyter notebook --browser firefox
Solution 3 - Python
This is not a real answer. I just want to share with the less computer savvy what JPG's answer looks like step-by-step. Presumably, on Windows Explorer (screen capture attached below), the file jupyter_notebook_config.py is listed:
In my case, the directory for the file (on top menu of Explorer) was C:\Users\My_name\.jupyter
The second part of the answer can be implemented by simply pasting:
import webbrowser
webbrowser.register('firefox', None, webbrowser.GenericBrowser('C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe'))
c.NotebookApp.browser = 'firefox'
in the space on the space seen on the screen capture below, corresponding to the jupyter_notebook_config.py opened within PyCharm:
... only that I set it up to open in Opera:
import webbrowser
webbrowser.register('opera', None, webbrowser.GenericBrowser('C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Opera\\launcher.exe'))
c.NotebookApp.browser = 'opera'
Solution 4 - Python
Why not use
--browser=<Unicode> (NotebookApp.browser)
Specify what command to use to invoke a web browser when opening the
notebook. If not specified, the default browser will be determined by the
`webbrowser` standard library module, which allows setting of the BROWSER
Solution 5 - Python
I uncomment this line and change into False, not to make ipython notebook open a web browser at start, so we can point the ipython notebook address in an active web browser.
# Whether to open in a browser after starting. The specific browser used is
# platform dependent and determined by the python standard library `webbrowser`
# module, unless it is overridden using the --browser (NotebookApp.browser)
# configuration option.
c.NotebookApp.open_browser = False
Better still, I pin the address in my Firefox to make it active everytime I open the browser.
Solution 6 - Python
I set the environment variable BROWSER to the the executable of the browser (in my case Google Chrome), and Ipython Notebook started in the browser I liked.
PS H:\> $env:BROWSER = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
PS H:\> $env:BROWSER
C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
PS H:\>
PS H:\> ipython notebook
2015-02-19 14:05:01.690 [NotebookApp] Using existing profile dir: C:\\Users\\abc\\.ipython\\profile_default'
2015-02-19 14:05:01.832 [NotebookApp] Using MathJax from CDN: http://cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/latest/MathJax.js
2015-02-19 14:05:01.901 [NotebookApp] The port 8888 is already in use, trying another random port.
2015-02-19 14:05:01.908 [NotebookApp] Serving notebooks from local directory: H:\
2015-02-19 14:05:01.908 [NotebookApp] 0 active kernels
2015-02-19 14:05:01.910 [NotebookApp] The IPython Notebook is running at: http://localhost:8889/
2015-02-19 14:05:01.910 [NotebookApp] Use Control-C to stop this server and shut down all kernels (twice to skip confirmation).
Solution 7 - Python
When you execute the below code in command prompt it gives the result link which you can copy in any browser to open Jupiter notebook.
jupyter notebook --browser firefox
Solution 8 - Python
to make it work with brave and chrome you need to append a %s param that represents the URL. Tested the following on Linux terminal and works great:
jupyter notebook --browser="google-chrome %s"
jupyter notebook --browser="brave-browser %s"
firefox doesn't need %s
jupyter notebook --browser=firefox
Solution 9 - Python
I tried what JPG and norfeldt suggested. It worked perfectly on my Windows 7 computer. Here is a copy of the modified section of ipython_notebook_config.py (located under C:\Users'your username'\.ipython to use Safari as the default browser for notebook. As norfeldt said, please notice the u before 'C:\...)
# c.NotebookApp.certfile = u''
import webbrowser
webbrowser.register('safari', None, webbrowser.GenericBrowser(u'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Safari\\safari.exe'))
c.NotebookApp.browser = 'safari'
Solution 10 - Python
Without coding, you can just set your default browser to Chrome or Firefox etc. It works for my windows system.