Load an IPython extension by its module name. Returns the string "already loaded" if the extension is already loaded, "no load functi

Execute a string with one or more lines of code

Set the hook.

Store source and raw input in history and create input cache variables ``_i*``. Parameters ---------- line_num : int

system(cmd) should work in a cli environment on Mac OSX, Linux, and Windows

Utility to loop over test inputs

Return a (__module__, __name__) tuple for a type. Used as key in Formatter.deferred_printers.

Safe version of getattr. Same as getattr, but will return ``default`` on any Exception, rather than raising.

Whether `path` is a directory, to which the user has write access.

Validate that the given input lines produce the resulting namespace. Note: the input lines are given exactly as they would be typed in an

ensure that a directory exists If it doesn't exist, try to create it and protect against a race condition if another process is doing the sam

Get a code string from history, file, url, or a string or macro. This is mainly used by magic functions. Parameters --------

wrap generate_tokens to catch EOF errors

get a full list, handling APIv3's paging

Get the last n lines from the history database. Parameters ---------- n : int The number of lines to get ra

getoutput(cmd) should work in a cli environment on Mac OSX, Linux, and Windows

Return whether or not a given name has been defined as an alias

Tokenize a series of lines and group tokens by line. The tokens for a multiline Python string or expression are grouped as one line. All line

Reset the namespace and seek pointer to restart the demo

set_hook(name,hook) -> sets an internal IPython hook. IPython exposes some of its internal API as user-modifiable hooks. By adding y

Show a single block on screen

Return the input source and perform a full reset.

This can be called from the main thread to safely stop this thread. Note that it does not attempt to write out remaining history before

Time execution of a Python statement or expression. The CPU and wall clock times are printed, and the value of the expression (if any

get exc_info from a given tuple, sys.exc_info() or sys.last_type etc. Ensures sys.last_type,value,traceback hold the exc_info we foun

ensure a directory exists at a given path This is a version of os.mkdir, with the following differences: - returns True if it create

Store one or more lines of input. If input lines are not newline-terminated, a newline is automatically appended.

Should we use appnope for dealing with OS X app nap? Checks if we are on OS X 10.9 or greater.

Make a name for a block of code, and cache the code. Parameters ---------- code : str The Python source code to cac

Return whether a block of code is ready to execute, or should be continued This is a non-stateful API, and will reset the state of th

Reverse of :func:`os.path.expanduser`

Call this to embed IPython at the current point in your program. The first invocation of this will create an :class:`InteractiveShellEmbed` i

Find and return a cell magic by name. Returns None if the magic isn't found.

Find the absolute path to the file where an object was defined. This is essentially a robust wrapper around `inspect.getabsfile`. Returns No

Find an existing profile dir by profile name, return its ProfileDir. This searches through a sequence of paths for a profile dir. If it

Only print the exception type and message, without a traceback. Parameters ---------- etype : exception type value :

Return the 'home' directory, as a unicode string. Uses os.path.expanduser('~'), and checks for writability. See stdlib docs for how this is

Return (standard output, standard error, return code) of executing cmd in a shell. Accepts the same arguments as os.system(). Parameters

Return a valid python filename in the current directory. If the given name is not a file, it adds '.py' and searches again. Raises IOError wi

Retrieve input by session. Parameters ---------- session : int Session number to retrieve. The current se

Get lines of history from a string of ranges, as used by magic commands %hist, %save, %macro, etc. Parameters ----------

Like getattr, but with a few extra sanity checks: - If obj is a class, ignore everything except class methods - Check if obj is a proxy that

initialize the profile dir

Initialize all user-visible namespaces to their minimum defaults. Certain history lists are also initialized here, as they effectively

Load the config file. By default, errors in loading config are handled, and a warning printed on screen. For testing, the suppress_er

Return which API is loaded, if any If this returns anything besides None, importing any other Qt binding is unsafe. Returns -------

Start logging anywhere in a session. %logstart [-o|-r|-t|-q] [log_name [log_mode]] If no name is given, it defaults to a file named

Fully stop logging and close log file. In order to start logging again, a new %logstart call needs to be made, possibly (though not n

List currently available magic functions.

Make a new tempfile and return its filename. This makes a call to tempfile.mkstemp (created in a tempfile.mkdtemp), but it registers

create a selector name (for ObjC methods)

Generic message when no information is found.

Open a command in a shell subprocess and execute a callback. This function provides common scaffolding for creating subprocess.Popen() calls.

Reraises error if `success` is `False`, otherwise does nothing

Utility function to store a function as a magic of a specific kind. Parameters ---------- dct : dict A dictionary with 'line' and '

Reset the input buffer and associated state.

Runs the process, using the provided functions for I/O. The function stdin_func should return strings whenever a character or charact

In recent versions of Python, hasattr() only catches AttributeError. This catches all errors.

Display the syntax error that just occurred. This doesn't display a stack trace because there isn't one. If a filename is given, it

Convert a structured traceback (a list) to a string.

Execute a block, or store it in a variable, per the user's request.

Return a sorted list of all interactive variables. If arguments are given, only variables of types matching these arguments are retur

Write a file, and force a timestamp difference of at least one second Notes ----- Python's .pyc files record the tim

Set an attr with protection of class members. This calls :meth:`self.__setitem__` but convert :exc:`KeyError` to :exc:`AttributeError

Check that a return value is appropriate Return the value if so, None otherwise, warning if invalid.

Like complete but can also returns raw jedi completions as well as the origin of the completion text. This could (and should) be mad