How to schedule a Jupyter Notebook to run automatically?

Step 1: Install Required Libraries
Firstly, you need to install the required libraries. You can do this by running the following commands in your Jupyter notebook:

!pip install papermill
!pip install nbconvert

Papermill is a tool for parameterizing, executing, and analyzing Jupyter Notebooks. Nbconvert allows you to convert your Jupyter notebook into other formats like HTML, LaTeX, PDF, Markdown, etc.

Step 2: Create a Jupyter Notebook
Create a Jupyter notebook that you want to schedule. Let's say the name of the notebook is 'my_notebook.ipynb'.

Step 3: Parameterize Your Notebook
If your notebook requires parameters to run, you can parameterize your notebook using papermill. You can do this by adding a new cell in your notebook and tagging it as 'parameters'. You can add tags from 'View' -> 'Cell Toolbar' -> 'Tags'. In the 'parameters' cell, define your parameters. For example:

parameters
input_path = 'default_path'

Step 4: Execute Your Notebook with Parameters
You can execute your notebook with parameters using papermill. Run the following command in a new Jupyter notebook or Python script:

import papermill as pm

pm.execute_notebook(
   'my_notebook.ipynb',
   'output.ipynb',
   parameters = dict(input_path='new_path')
)

This will create a new notebook 'output.ipynb' with the updated parameters.

Step 5: Schedule Your Notebook
To schedule your notebook, you can use a task scheduler like cron (for Unix-based systems) or Task Scheduler (for Windows).

For cron:

• Open your terminal.
• Type crontab -e to edit your cron jobs.
• Add a new line in the following format: * * * * * /path/to/python /path/to/your/script.py. This will run your script every minute. You can adjust the time according to your needs.

For Task Scheduler:

• Open Task Scheduler.
• Click on 'Create Basic Task'.
• Name your task and add a description.
• Choose when you want the task to start.
• Choose 'Start a Program'.
• Browse and select your Python executable file (python.exe) and add the path to your script in the 'Add arguments' field.
• Finish the setup.

Now, your Jupyter notebook will run automatically according to the schedule you set.