support jupyter (#385)

* support jupyter

* Update utils.py

* Update utils.py

parl/remote/client.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import socket
 import sys
 import threading
 import zmq
-from parl.utils import to_str, to_byte, get_ip_address, logger
+from parl.utils import to_str, to_byte, get_ip_address, logger, isnotebook
 from parl.remote import remote_constants
 import time
 
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ class Client(object):
         pyfiles['python_files'] = {}
         pyfiles['other_files'] = {}
 
+        if isnotebook():
+            main_folder = './'
+        else:
             main_file = sys.argv[0]
             main_folder = './'
             sep = os.sep
@@ -108,16 +111,6 @@ class Client(object):
             with open(file_path, 'rb') as code_file:
                 code = code_file.read()
                 pyfiles['python_files'][file_name] = code
-        # append entry file to code list
-        assert os.path.isfile(
-            main_file
-        ), "[xparl] error occurs when distributing files. cannot find the entry file:{} in current working directory: {}".format(
-            main_file, os.getcwd())
-        with open(main_file, 'rb') as code_file:
-            code = code_file.read()
-            # parl/remote/remote_decorator.py -> remote_decorator.py
-            file_name = main_file.split(os.sep)[-1]
-            pyfiles['python_files'][file_name] = code
 
         for file_name in distributed_files:
             assert os.path.exists(file_name)

parl/remote/utils.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import sys
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 import os
+from parl.utils import isnotebook
 
 __all__ = [
     'load_remote_class', 'redirect_stdout_to_file', 'locate_remote_file'
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ def redirect_stdout_to_file(file_path):
 def locate_remote_file(module_path):
     """xparl has to locate the file that has the class decorated by parl.remote_class. 
     This function returns the relative path between this file and the entry file.
+    Note that this function should support the jupyter-notebook environment.
 
     Args:
         module_path: Absolute path of the module.
@@ -116,6 +118,9 @@ def locate_remote_file(module_path):
         entry_file: /home/user/dir/main.py
         --------> relative_path: subdir/my_module
   """
+    if isnotebook():
+        entry_path = os.getcwd()
+    else:
         entry_file = sys.argv[0]
         entry_file = entry_file.split(os.sep)[-1]
         entry_path = None

parl/utils/utils.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import numpy as np
 __all__ = [
     'has_func', 'to_str', 'to_byte', 'is_PY2', 'is_PY3', 'MAX_INT32',
     '_HAS_FLUID', '_HAS_TORCH', '_IS_WINDOWS', '_IS_MAC', 'kill_process',
-    'get_fluid_version'
+    'get_fluid_version', 'isnotebook'
 ]
 
 
@@ -101,3 +101,19 @@ def kill_process(regex_pattern):
         command = "ps aux | grep {} | awk '{{print $2}}' | xargs kill -9".format(
             regex_pattern)
         subprocess.call([command], shell=True)
+
+
+def isnotebook():
+    """check if the code is excuted in the IPython notebook
+    Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/a/39662359
+    """
+    try:
+        shell = get_ipython().__class__.__name__
+        if shell == 'ZMQInteractiveShell':
+            return True  # Jupyter notebook or qtconsole
+        elif shell == 'TerminalInteractiveShell':
+            return False  # Terminal running IPython
+        else:
+            return False  # Other type (?)
+    except NameError:
+        return False  # Probably standard Python interpreter