How to set jupyter notebook to open on browser automatically

Question

So I don\'t have issues trying to open the jupyter notebook but for some reason, I cannot get it to open in the browser automatically no matter what I\'m trying to do. I follow

Answer 1

Add this line to your jupyter_notebook_config.py file:

c.NotebookApp.use_redirect_file = False

This should open jupyter notebooks automatically in your browser with the localhost/127.0.0.1 URL.

More info for the sake of completeness:

• The config file should be found in ~/.jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.py. If missing can be generated (as you did) with the command: jupyter notebook --generate-config
• Here's the Github issue where the change was discussed (the same solution was also highlighted here)
• Here's the reference in the documentation

Answer 2

At the command line, type:

jupyter notebook --browser=<Browser>

<Browser> being Chrome, Safari, Firefox, etc.

Answer 3

You can fix it by setting to 'false' this setting in the config file

If not already done, generate a config file : jupyter notebook --generate-config

Then update this : NotebookApp.use_redirect_file to False (defaulted as True) in ~/.jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.py

(from https://jupyter-notebook.readthedocs.io/en/stable/config.html)

NotebookApp.use_redirect_fileBool

Default: True

Disable launching browser by redirect file For versions of notebook > 5.7.2, a security feature measure was added that prevented the authentication token used to launch the browser from being visible. This feature makes it difficult for other users on a multi-user system from running code in your Jupyter session as you.

However, some environments (like Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and Chromebooks), launching a browser using a redirect file can lead the browser failing to load. This is because of the difference in file structures/paths between the runtime and the browser. Disabling this setting to False will disable this behavior, allowing the browser to launch by using a URL and visible token (as before).