ipython-autoimport 0.2

Automagically import missing modules in IPython: instead of

In [1]: plt.plot([1, 2], [3, 4])
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
NameError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-1-994ba2bf13c0> in <module>()
----> 1 plt.plot([1, 2], [3, 4])

NameError: name 'plt' is not defined

In [2]: from matplotlib import pyplot as plt

In [3]: plt.plot([1, 2], [3, 4])
Out[3]: [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D at 0x7f73f0179198>]

do what I mean:

In [1]: plt.plot([1, 2], [3, 4])
Autoimport: from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
Out[1]: [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D at 0x7f7e253552b0>]

Inspired from @OrangeFlash81’s version, with many improvements:

• Does not rely on re-execution, but instead hooks the user namespace; thus, safe even in the presence of side effects, and works for tab completion and magics too.

• Learns your preferred aliases (from the history).

• Suppresses irrelevant chained tracebacks.

• Auto-imports submodules.

• pip-installable.

$ pip install ipython-autoimport  # from PyPI
$ pip install git+https://github.com/anntzer/ipython-autoimport  # from Github