convert json ipython notebook(.ipynb) to .py file

How do you convert an IPython notebook file (json with .ipynb extension) into a regular .py module?

From the notebook menu you can save the file directly as a python script. Go to the 'File' option of the menu, then select 'Download as' and there you would see a 'Python (.py)' option.

Another option would be to use nbconvert from the command line:

jupyter nbconvert --to script 'my-notebook.ipynb'

Have a look here.

According to https://ipython.org/ipython-doc/3/notebook/nbconvert.html you are looking for the nbconvert command with the --to script option.

ipython nbconvert notebook.ipynb --to script

In short: This command-line option converts mynotebook.ipynb to python code:

jupyter nbconvert mynotebook.ipynb --to python

note: this is different from above answer. ipython has been renamed to jupyter. the old executable name (ipython) is deprecated.

More details: jupyter command-line has an nbconvert argument which helps convert notebook files (*.ipynb) to various other formats.

You could even convert it to any one of these formats using the same command but different --to option:

• asciidoc
• custom
• html
• latex. (Awesome if you want to paste code in conference/journal papers).
• markdown
• notebook
• pdf
• python
• rst
• script
• slides. (Whooh! Convert to slides for easy presentation 😊)

the same command jupyter nbconvert --to latex mynotebook.ipynb

For more see jupyter nbconvert --help. There are extensive options to this. You could even to execute the code first before converting, different log-level options etc.

you can use this to do that :

pip install ipynb-py-convert

then run this on your terminal to convert .py file to .ipynb :

ipynb-py-convert Ex/abc.py Ex/abc.ipynb

to convert .ipynb files to .py :

ipynb-py-convert Ex/abc.ipynb Ex/abc.py