kernelspec - discovering kernels

See also

Kernel specs

class jupyter_client.kernelspec.KernelSpec
argv

The list of arguments to start this kernel.

env

A dictionary of extra environment variables to declare, in addition to the current environment variables, when launching this kernel.

display_name

The name to display for this kernel in UI.

language

The name of the language the kernel implements, to help with picking appropriate kernels when loading notebooks.

resource_dir

The path to the directory with this kernel’s resources, such as icons.

class jupyter_client.kernelspec.KernelSpecManager
exception jupyter_client.kernelspec.NoSuchKernel
name

The name of the kernel which was requested.

jupyter_client.kernelspec.find_kernel_specs()
jupyter_client.kernelspec.get_kernel_spec(kernel_name)
jupyter_client.kernelspec.install_kernel_spec(source_dir, kernel_name=None, user=False, replace=False)

These methods from KernelSpecManager are exposed as functions on the module as well; they will use all the default settings.