export notebook to pdf without code [duplicate]

Question

I have a large notebook with a lot of figures and text. I want to convert it to a html file. However, I don't want to export the code. I am using the following command

ipython nbconvert --to html notebook.ipynb 

But this option also exports the code. Is there a way to convert the notebook to html without the code?

Answer 1

I found this article interesting it explains how to remove the input columns :

you have to create a template file named "hidecode.tplx" in same directory as the notebook you want to convert and add those line in it :

    ((*- extends 'article.tplx' -*))  ((* block input_group *))     ((*- if cell.metadata.get('nbconvert', {}).get('show_code', False) -*))         ((( super() )))     ((*- endif -*)) ((* endblock input_group *)) 

And after run this command it will use pdfLatex to convert the notebook in pdf via latex:

jupyter nbconvert --to pdf --template hidecode Example.ipynb 

or if you want to edit you can convert it to a .tex document and use pdfLatex to put it in pdf :

jupyter nbconvert --to latex --template hidecode Example.ipynb 

EDIT Sept 2018:

ipython nbconvert is deprecated. It will be replaced by jupyter nbconvert: So we replace the command ipython with jupyter

EDIT Feb 2021: (This is my best answer here, so let me take care of it)

Following @Mrule comment adding --no-input flag will make it work without the template...

jupyter nbconvert --to latex --no-input Example.ipynb  

PS: If you are getting issue saying :

LaTeX error related to tcolorbox.sty not found

Please refer to this guide to update your tex installation and this question

Answer 2

I was seeking the same question in SO and finally turned out to a very straightforward way:

Assuming using Firefox(57) + Win7

1. Run Jupyter notebook and download the notebook in the browser: File->Download as->HTML and you will get a html page with code and output.
2. Open the exported HTML with browser and activate the browser console with key F12

3. Run following command in the console:

   document.querySelectorAll("div.input").forEach(function(a){a.remove()}) 

4. The code removes all input div DOM. Then right mouse button and chose "Save Page As" and Save the "Complete page" (not single page).

5. You will get a page with an associated folder in windows. Use a trick by zip the html page and then extract to unbind the associated. The folder is useless.

6. Now it is a single html page without code. You can re-distribute it or print it as PDF.

If you are not using Firefox or Windows, please adjust the above 3-6 steps.