It depends on which version of IPython you have. If you have 1.x:
from IPython import get_ipython
ipython = get_ipython()
If you have an older version:
import IPython.core.ipapi
ipython = IPython.core.ipapi.get()
or
import IPython.ipapi
ipython = IPython.ipapi.get()
Once that’s done, run a magic command like this:
ipython.magic("timeit abs(-42)")
Note: The script must be run via ipython
.
See Line magics
magic(...)
is deprecated since IPython 0.13, use run_line_magic(magic_name, parameter_s)
ipython.run_line_magic("timeit", "abs(-42)")
run_line_magic(magic_name: str, line, _stack_depth=1) method of ipykernel.zmqshell.ZMQInteractiveShell instance
Execute the given line magic.
Parameters
----------
magic_name : str
Name of the desired magic function, without '%' prefix.
line : str
The rest of the input line as a single string.
_stack_depth : int
If run_line_magic() is called from magic() then _stack_depth=2.
This is added to ensure backward compatibility for use of 'get_ipython().magic()'
Also see ipython.run_cell_magic
and Cell magics
run_cell_magic(magic_name, line, cell) method of ipykernel.zmqshell.ZMQInteractiveShell instance
Execute the given cell magic.
Parameters
----------
magic_name : str
Name of the desired magic function, without '%' prefix.
line : str
The rest of the first input line as a single string.
cell : str
The body of the cell as a (possibly multiline) string.