Jupyter Notebooks

Jupyter Notebooks KernelSpecs API

Available kernel specs.

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GET /kernelspecs List installed kernel specs #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Jupyter Notebook Server REST Contents Kernel Specs 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: KernelSpecs
  description: Available kernel specs.
paths:
  /kernelspecs:
    get:
      tags:
      - KernelSpecs
      summary: List installed kernel specs
      operationId: listKernelSpecs
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Available kernel specs and the default kernel name.
components:
  securitySchemes:
    tokenAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: Jupyter-Token