Converting jupyter notebooks with embedded images to pdf.

Inserting images in a jupyter notebook is just drag and drop:

This will automagically produce the image link at the drop position.

And after executing the cell, the image is rendered

So far so good. But ever tried to convert a notebook with embedded images to pdf or html (slides)?

My first guess was: Menu -> File -> Export Notebook As -> PDF.

However, this immediately runs into Error 500 tracing back to latex not being able to locate the image attachment:5444....

Next try: nbconvert:

Open terminal, run

jupyter nbconvert --to pdf Untitled.ipynb

You guessed it, same error.

Next thought: search the web Most close to a solution (which I have not tried out to be honest) on github: https://github.com/jupyter/nbconvert/issues/699

Final resort: pandoc

pandoc --to pdf --from ipynb -o Untitled.pdf Untitled.ipynb

Bam, nicely rendered pdf with images.

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