FeaturesΒΆ

The Jupyter Kernel Gateway has the following features:

  • jupyter-websocket mode which provides a Jupyter Notebook server-compatible API for requesting kernels and communicating with them using Websockets

  • notebook-http mode which maps HTTP requests to cells in annotated notebooks

  • Option to enable other kernel communication mechanisms by plugging in third party personalities

  • Option to set a shared authentication token and require it from clients

  • Options to set CORS headers for servicing browser-based clients

  • Option to set a custom base URL (e.g., for running under tmpnb)

  • Option to limit the number kernel instances a gateway server will launch (e.g., to force scaling at the container level)

  • Option to pre-spawn a set number of kernel instances

  • Option to set a default kernel language to use when one is not specified in the request

  • Option to pre-populate kernel memory from a notebook

  • Option to serve annotated notebooks as HTTP endpoints, see notebook-http

  • Option to allow downloading of the notebook source when running in notebook-http mode

  • Generation of Swagger specs for notebook-defined API in notebook-http mode

  • A CLI for launching the kernel gateway: jupyter kernelgateway OPTIONS

  • A Python 2.7 and 3.3+ compatible implementation