DOC/API: Styler documentation changes

doc/make.py

@@ -18,13 +18,16 @@
 """
 from __future__ import print_function
 
-import glob
+import io
+import glob  # noqa
 import os
 import shutil
 import sys
-import sphinx
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+
+import sphinx  # noqa
 import argparse
-import jinja2
+import jinja2  # noqa
 
 os.environ['PYTHONPATH'] = '..'
 
@@ -102,10 +105,90 @@ def clean():
         shutil.rmtree('source/generated')
 
 
+@contextmanager
+def cleanup_nb(nb):
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        try:
+            os.remove(nb + '.executed')
+        except OSError:
+            pass
+
+
+def execute_nb(src, dst, allow_errors=False, timeout=1000, kernel_name=''):
+    """
+    Execute notebook in `src` and write the output to `dst`
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    src, dst: str
+        path to notebook
+    allow_errors: bool
+    timeout: int
+    kernel_name: str
+        defualts to value set in notebook metadata
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    dst: str
+    """
+    import nbformat
+    from nbconvert.preprocessors import ExecutePreprocessor
+
+    with io.open(src, encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        nb = nbformat.read(f, as_version=4)
+
+    ep = ExecutePreprocessor(allow_errors=allow_errors,
+                             timeout=timeout,
+                             kernel_name=kernel_name)
+    ep.preprocess(nb, resources={})
+
+    with io.open(dst, 'wt', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        nbformat.write(nb, f)
+    return dst
+
+
+def convert_nb(src, dst, to='html', template_file='basic'):
+    """
+    Convert a notebook `src`.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    src, dst: str
+        filepaths
+    to: {'rst', 'html'}
+        format to export to
+    template_file: str
+        name of template file to use. Default 'basic'
+    """
+    from nbconvert import HTMLExporter, RSTExporter
+
+    dispatch = {'rst': RSTExporter, 'html': HTMLExporter}
+    exporter = dispatch[to.lower()](template_file=template_file)
+
+    (body, resources) = exporter.from_filename(src)
+    with io.open(dst, 'wt', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        f.write(body)
+    return dst
+
+
 def html():
     check_build()
-    os.system('jupyter nbconvert --to=html --template=basic '
-              '--output=source/html-styling.html source/html-styling.ipynb')
+
+    notebooks = [
+        'source/html-styling.ipynb',
+    ]
+
+    for nb in notebooks:
+        with cleanup_nb(nb):
+            try:
+                print("Converting %s" % nb)
+                executed = execute_nb(nb, nb + '.executed', allow_errors=True)
+                convert_nb(executed, nb.rstrip('.ipynb') + '.html')
+            except ImportError:
+                pass
+
     if os.system('sphinx-build -P -b html -d build/doctrees '
                  'source build/html'):
         raise SystemExit("Building HTML failed.")

doc/source/contributing.rst

@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ code.
 
 It is easiest to :ref:`create a development environment <contributing.dev_env>`, then install::
 
-      conda install -n pandas_dev sphinx ipython
+      conda install -n pandas_dev sphinx ipython nbconvert nbformat
 
 Furthermore, it is recommended to have all `optional dependencies
 <http://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/dev/install.html#optional-dependencies>`_
@@ -369,6 +369,8 @@ messages when building the docs. This happens because all the code in the docume
 is executed during the doc build, and so code examples using optional dependencies
 will generate errors. Run ``pd.show_versions()`` to get an overview of the installed
 version of all dependencies.
+`nbconvert <https://nbconvert.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_ and `nbformat <http://nbformat.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_ are required to build the Jupyter notebooks
+included in the documentation.
 
 .. warning::