makepdf.py

import argparse
import os
import subprocess

try:
  from PyPDF2 import PdfFileMerger
  MERGE = True
except ImportError:
  print("Could not find PyPDF2. Leaving pdf files unmerged.")
  MERGE = False


def main(files):
  os_args = [
    'jupyter',
    'nbconvert',
    '--log-level',
    'CRITICAL',
    '--to',
    'pdf',
  ]
  for f in files:
    os_args.append(f)
    subprocess.run(os_args)
    print("Created PDF {}.".format(f))
  if MERGE:
    pdfs = [f.split('.')[0] + ".pdf" for f in files]
    merger = PdfFileMerger()
    for pdf in pdfs:
      merger.append(pdf)
    merger.write("assignment.pdf")
    merger.close()
    for pdf in pdfs:
      os.remove(pdf)


if __name__ == "__main__":
  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
  # we pass in explicit notebook arg so that we can provide
  # an ordered list and produce an ordered pdf
  parser.add_argument("--notebooks", type=str, nargs='+', required=True)
  args = parser.parse_args()
  main(args.notebooks)