Script access
In the notebook environment. In the files. As shown here I see /arcgis. Would this be a place to also opened up notebook files that I can find in Content? Thanks.
Hi Brian,
What format are your uploaded scripts in? Are they .ipynb? If so, they are converted to notebook items upon upload and you are able to navigate to them inside your Content page and open them into a new notebook. Are you looking to import or combine existing notebook items into a new notebook? You currently cannot do this from the files tab.
As for accessing your organisation content inside the notebook, the files tab in notebooks is separate from your AGOL content and is specifically intended for use with notebooks as a working environment. If you want to search for your organisation content inside the notebook you can either use 'Add' tab:
Or the ArcGIS API for Python:
Accessing and creating content | ArcGIS for Developers
Are you trying to access functions inside those other notebooks? Or are you trying to run other notebooks such that certain things are setup before you run this new notebook?
I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for but give this a try. You might be able to tweak it to get what you need:
note: I've only been able to successfully do this using the advanced notebook runtime. Currently looking into why it doesn't work in standard notebooks.
1. Install the ipynb module:
pip install ipynb
2. Check that it installed correctly and is the latest version (0.5.1)
pip list
3. Get the item ID of the existing notebook you want to reference in the new notebook (found in the URL of the notebook item)
4. import the notebook like so:
import ipynb.fs.full.itemID as customName
5. You should now be able to access the functions defined in that notebook
customName.functionName(x,y)
If instead you'd rather run the entire notebook, you could encapsulate the logic inside a main() function and call main() using this method.
I've demonstrated the workflow below. Let me know if this is what you're after.
Existing functions notebook:
New notebook to call inside of:
Thank you very much for the information on installing packages and import other notebooks as functions. That is real exciting and I didn't know it could be done. What I was asking about was much more mundane. That is, one you have Online Notebook open, is there a way to open another Notebook without having to go to Contents. An analogy is that you can open Samples as shown here next to Save. It would be nice to have another button here that says My Notebooks which opens another tab in the browser with a list of you notebooks.
