Running ipymd in a script.

[stanleyng8]

I want to do the following with a script. Scan the root and subdrectories for .ipynb files. Then run the script to convert the .ipynb for git check in. The reverse would be to scan the root and subdirectories for .md and convert them to .ipynb.

Scanning is relatively straightforward with

import os
search_dir ="."
for dirpath, subdirs, filenames in os.walk(search_dir):
    for filename in filenames:
        if filename.endswith(".ipynb"):
            # Convert file to *.md

but how do I call ipymd to convert the file to *.md? Thanks very much.

[rossant]

You can have a look at this function: https://github.com/rossant/ipymd/blob/master/ipymd/core/scripts.py#L114

[stanleyng8]

Thanks. I had just figured it out after stepping through the code. Initially I didn't install it but left it as a subdirectory. For some reason, the formats weren't recognized. Anyway, I got out the syntax I wanted. ipymd.convert_files(search_dir, overwrite=True, from_='notebook', to='markdown', recursive=False, extension="ipynb") It is a very nice package. I think I might still scan the directories instead of recursively going through it via ipymd. That way I can check the timestamps and be sure that only newer versions are overwriting the older ones.