Getting the file name of the current notebook

[DG]

Here is a solution I found after much searching. It really should not be that hard. I hope it helps somebody. If anybody has a simpler solution, preferably Python-only, please let us know!

Note: Python2. 

In a separate cell:

%%javascript

var kernel = IPython.notebook.kernel;

var thename = window.location.href;

var command = "notebook_url = " + "'"+thename+"'";

kernel.execute(command);

in the next cell:

import urllib2

nb_filename = urllib2.url2pathname(notebook_url).split('/')[-1]

if nb_filename.endswith('#'):

    nb_filename = nb_filename[:-1]

I have no idea why I am getting the '#' character at the end. 

[Lawrence D’Oliveiro]

On Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at 4:31:22 PM UTC+12, DG wrote:

var command = "notebook_url = " + "'"+thename+"'";

May I suggest using

var command = "notebook_url = \"" + escape(thename) + "\""

just in case?

[Lawrence D’Oliveiro]

Or, better still:

var command = "notebook_url = urllib.parse.unquote(\"" + escape(thename) + "\")"

to give you back the string you wanted in the first place.