Juypter Notebook：将 output 保存为 pdf

Question

I am using Jupyter Notebook. Is there a possibility to save all the output in a PDF-file?

For example, I have this code:

print('Hello World')

Which outputs:

Hello World

I just want to save the output as PDF but not the code. Can I do this somehow automated?

Background: I wrote an analytics report using a loop which outputs some graphs, equations and other printed statements. I am now looking for a solution to save this outputed results somehow. I saw that fpdf seems to be a possibility but I could not install it. So, I would like to got for another solution.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

You can try this

Step 1

Save the notebook, using the below snippet or from the Jupyter notebook

from IPython.display import Javascript
from nbconvert import HTMLExporter
import codecs
import nbformat

def save_notebook():
    display(
        Javascript("IPython.notebook.save_notebook()"),
        include=['application/javascript']
    )

Step 2

Convert the notebook to HTML excluding the Code cells

def output_HTML(read_file, output_file):

    exporter = HTMLExporter()
    # read_file is '.ipynb', output_file is '.html'
    output_notebook = nbformat.read(read_file, as_version=4)
    output, resources = exporter.from_notebook_node(output_notebook)
    codecs.open(output_file, 'w', encoding='utf-8').write(output)
    
    with open(output_file, 'r') as html_file:
        content = html_file.read()

    # Get rid off prompts and source code
    content = content.replace("div.input_area {","div.input_area {\n\tdisplay: none;")    
    content = content.replace(".prompt {",".prompt {\n\tdisplay: none;")

    f = open(output_file, 'w')
    f.write(content)
    f.close()

Usage

Save notebook

import time

save_notebook()
time.sleep(10)

current_file = 'Your Python Notebook.ipynb'
output_file = 'Output file Name.html'

Call the output_HTML function

output_HTML(current_file, output_file)

Next, you can convert the HTML output to pdf either from the browser(if you are using Chrome)

It may not be an efficient solution, but can be done in this way also.