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IPython: copy a variable to the clipboard as JSON
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clip_magic.py
# Inspiration from https://gist.github.com/nova77/5403446
# Docs from http://ipython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/config/custommagics.html
from IPython.core.magic import Magics, magics_class, line_magic
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
import json
@magics_class
class ClipJsonMagic(Magics):
@line_magic
def clip_json(self, line):
val = json.dumps(self.shell.user_ns[line], indent=4)
p = Popen(['xsel', '-ib'], stdin=PIPE)
p.communicate(input=val.encode())
get_ipython().register_magics(ClipJsonMagic)
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