FeaturesΒΆ

The Jupyter Kernel Gateway provides a rich set of features and options:

  • 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 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 notebook-http mode
  • Automatic Swagger spec for a 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