Nbconvert: how to change pdf title

[randy3k]

Besides changing the name of the ipynb file, is there any way to change the title of the saved pdf?

I know that I could first convert the file to .tex and compile the latex file by myself. But this is not what I want. I am looking for an automatic solution.

[Carreau]

There is no (simple) automatic solution.
You need a custom conversion pipeline.

The simple way is to use a preprocessor. append it to the list of preprocessor add change resource['metadata']['name'] to the title you like.

[mpacer]

Now there is a way for you to do this: use the --output flag

For example:

jupyter nbconvert mynotebookname.ipynb --to pdf --output yourpdftitle.pdf

[liushapku]

@randy3k, when you mentioned pdf title, is it the title in the first page of the pdf, not the filename of the pdf as mentioned by @mpacer? Did you get any way of doing this?

[randy3k]

@liushapku yes, it is what I meant. Not sure why @mpacer closed it. I had to convert it to .tex and fixed it myself.

[mpacer]

sorry! Misunderstood!

[liushapku]

@randy3k I have the same need. Currently, I use the API and call exporter.from_notebook_node(nb, resources={'metadata': {'name': title}}) to achieve this. An alternative way is to call preprocessor.preprocess and pass the resource as the second argument. Hope this feature can be added to the cmdline tool.

[mpacer]

672 will make it easier if you set the title metadata in the notebook itself (meaning that exporter.from_notebook_node(nb, resources={}) would work if you had already set the notebook metadata.title field.

[agarnitin86]

Hi,
I am new to this. Can someone explain in a bit detail, how to convert ipynb to .tex to pdf file with custom title. I an using jupyter for creating ipynb files.

[louis-red]

@agarnitin86 I know my answer comes late, but for the others that would have had the same question :

• File > Export Notebook As... > Latex
• you will get a zip file ; extract it somewhere
• open the .tex file inside : you will see something like :

% Document parameters \title{TITLE_YOU_WANT_TO_CHANGE}

• edit TITLE_YOU_WANT_TO_CHANGE to the title of your choice

[twhitsn]

I used the following commands in a Makefile (Ubuntu):

notebook:
    cp $(file).ipynb '$(title).ipynb'
    jupyter nbconvert '$(title).ipynb' --to=pdf --output=$(file)
    rm '$(title).ipynb'

Then call it with:

make notebook file=yourfile title="Your Title"

Basically, copy the file you want to re-title to a file with the name of the title. Convert it, then delete the copied notebook. You can use quotes around the filename if you need to add spaces.

[t-makaro]

672 Defines a way for this to be set.

From Jupyter notebook: Edit -> Edit Notebook Metadata then add a new field like:

"title":"This is the new title",

Tagging this as documentation.

[buergi]

@t-makaro's solution works perfectly, an UI option for setting the title would be great, but apart from that this issue could be closed I guess.

[MSeal]

:)

[jgrocha]

672 Defines a way for this to be set.

From Jupyter notebook: Edit -> Edit Notebook Metadata then add a new field like:

"title":"This is the new title",

Tagging this as documentation.

Good point @t-makaro. Looking into the code, I also found out how to change the author:

{
  "kernelspec": {
  },
  "language_info": {
  },
  "title": "It's a woodpecker from space",
  "authors": [
    { "name": "Jorge Gustavo Rocha"  },
    { "name": "Matilde Rocha" }
  ]
}