Jupyter Notebooks Contents API
Notebook and file contents.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Jupyter Notebook Server REST Contents API
description: REST API for the Jupyter Notebook server, providing access to notebook contents, kernels, kernel specs, sessions, and terminals. Used by clients to drive interactive computing workflows.
version: '7.0'
contact:
name: Project Jupyter
url: https://jupyter.org
license:
name: BSD-3-Clause
url: https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: http://localhost:8888/api
description: Local Jupyter Notebook server
tags:
- name: Contents
description: Notebook and file contents.
paths:
/contents/{path}:
parameters:
- in: path
name: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
get:
tags:
- Contents
summary: Get contents at a path
operationId: getContents
parameters:
- in: query
name: type
schema:
type: string
enum:
- directory
- file
- notebook
- in: query
name: format
schema:
type: string
enum:
- text
- base64
- json
- in: query
name: content
schema:
type: integer
enum:
- 0
- 1
responses:
'200':
description: Contents at the path.
put:
tags:
- Contents
summary: Save or upload contents at a path
operationId: saveContents
responses:
'200':
description: Contents saved.
'201':
description: Contents created.
patch:
tags:
- Contents
summary: Rename or move contents
operationId: renameContents
responses:
'200':
description: Contents renamed.
post:
tags:
- Contents
summary: Create a new file or directory
operationId: createContents
responses:
'201':
description: Contents created.
delete:
tags:
- Contents
summary: Delete contents at a path
operationId: deleteContents
responses:
'204':
description: Contents deleted.
/contents/{path}/checkpoints:
parameters:
- in: path
name: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
get:
tags:
- Contents
summary: List checkpoints for a file
operationId: listCheckpoints
responses:
'200':
description: List of checkpoints.
post:
tags:
- Contents
summary: Create a new checkpoint
operationId: createCheckpoint
responses:
'201':
description: Checkpoint created.
/contents/{path}/checkpoints/{checkpoint_id}:
parameters:
- in: path
name: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
- in: path
name: checkpoint_id
required: true
schema:
type: string
post:
tags:
- Contents
summary: Restore a file to a checkpoint
operationId: restoreCheckpoint
responses:
'204':
description: Checkpoint restored.
delete:
tags:
- Contents
summary: Delete a checkpoint
operationId: deleteCheckpoint
responses:
'204':
description: Checkpoint deleted.
components:
securitySchemes:
tokenAuth:
type: http
scheme: bearer
bearerFormat: Jupyter-Token