Jupyter Notebook

Jupyter Notebook Kernelspecs API

Kernel specification listing and retrieval.

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GET /api/kernelspecs Jupyter Notebook List kernel specifications #

GET /api/kernelspecs/{kernel_name} Jupyter Notebook Get a kernel specification #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Jupyter Notebook Jupyter Kernel Gateway Authorization Kernelspecs API
  description: 'REST API for the Jupyter Kernel Gateway, a web server that provides headless access to Jupyter kernels. The Kernel Gateway supports two modes: jupyter-websocket mode (default) which provides a Jupyter Notebook server-compatible API for kernel management, and notebook-http mode which maps notebook cells to HTTP endpoints. This spec covers the jupyter-websocket mode API.'
  version: 3.0.0
  license:
    name: BSD-3-Clause
    url: https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
  contact:
    name: Jupyter Project
    url: https://jupyter-kernel-gateway.readthedocs.io
    email: jupyter@googlegroups.com
servers:
- url: http://localhost:8888/api
  description: Local Jupyter Kernel Gateway server
security:
- token: []
- tokenQuery: []
tags:
- name: Kernelspecs
  description: Kernel specification listing and retrieval.
paths:
  /api/kernelspecs:
    get:
      operationId: listKernelSpecs
      summary: Jupyter Notebook List kernel specifications
      description: Get the list of available kernel specifications. The gateway may be configured with KG_DEFAULT_KERNEL_NAME to set a specific default.
      tags:
      - Kernelspecs
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Kernel specifications.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/KernelSpecList'
  /api/kernelspecs/{kernel_name}:
    get:
      operationId: getKernelSpec
      summary: Jupyter Notebook Get a kernel specification
      description: Get the specification for a specific kernel by name.
      tags:
      - Kernelspecs
      parameters:
      - name: kernel_name
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Name of the kernel specification.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Kernel specification details.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/KernelSpec'
        '404':
          description: Kernel spec not found.
components:
  schemas:
    KernelSpecList:
      type: object
      description: List of available kernel specifications.
      properties:
        default:
          type: string
          description: Name of the default kernel specification.
        kernelspecs:
          type: object
          description: Mapping of kernel spec names to specifications.
          additionalProperties:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/KernelSpec'
      required:
      - default
      - kernelspecs
    KernelSpec:
      type: object
      description: A kernel specification.
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: Unique name of the kernel specification.
        spec:
          type: object
          description: The kernel specification details.
          properties:
            language:
              type: string
              description: Programming language of the kernel.
            display_name:
              type: string
              description: Human-readable display name.
            argv:
              type: array
              description: Command line arguments to launch the kernel.
              items:
                type: string
            env:
              type: object
              description: Environment variables for the kernel.
              additionalProperties:
                type: string
          required:
          - language
          - display_name
          - argv
        resources:
          type: object
          description: Resource files (logos, icons).
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
      required:
      - name
      - spec
      - resources
  securitySchemes:
    token:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: Authentication token configured via KG_AUTH_TOKEN. Passed as 'token <token_value>' in the Authorization header.
    tokenQuery:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: token
      description: Authentication token passed as a query parameter.

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