Sharing notebooks with a URL

You can create a URL to share the last saved version of a notebook on social media or with people outside of watsonx. The URL shows a read-only view of the notebook. Anyone who has the URL can view or download the notebook.

Required permissions:

You must have the Admin or Editor role in the project to share a notebook URL. The shared notebook shows the author of the shared version and when the notebook version was last updated.

Sharing a notebook URL

You can't share a notebook from the Assets page. You must open the notebook to share it.

To share a notebook URL:

  1. Open the notebook.

  2. If necessary, add code to hide sensitive code cells.

  3. Click the Share icon from the notebook action bar.

    Share icon

  4. Turn on the Share with anyone who has the link toggle.

    Options that are available when sharing a notebook

  5. Choose a sharing option:

    • Choose Only text and output to hide all code cells.
    • Choose All content excluding sensitive code cells to hide code cells that you marked as sensitive.
    • Choose All content, including code to show everything, even code cells that you marked as sensitive. Make sure that you remove your credentials and other sensitive information before you choose this option and every time before you save a new version of the notebook.

  6. Copy the link to the notebook.

Note: The URL remains valid while the project and notebook exist and while the notebook is shared. If you unshare the notebook, the URL becomes invalid. When you unshare, and then re-share the notebook, the URL will be the same again.

Updating a shared notebook

To update a shared notebook:

  1. Open the notebook in edit mode: when the notebook preview window opens, click the Edit Edit icon icon.
  2. Make changes to the notebook.
  3. Create a new version of the notebook by clicking File > Save Version.
Note:

Clicking File > Save saves your changes but it doesn't create a new version of the notebook; the shared URL still points to the older version of the notebook.

Unsharing a notebook URL

To unshare a notebook URL:

  1. Open the notebook.

  2. Click the Share icon from the notebook action bar.

    Share icon

  3. Turn off the Share with anyone who has the link toggle.

    Options that are available when sharing a notebook