include a matplotlib animation

[stoffprof]

Has anyone had success including an HTML animation from matplotlib in a book?

For example, I'm trying to do something like what's on this web page: embed an animation directly in the HTML. The approach on that page looks like it involves Sphinx, but I'm not sure how they're doing it.

Would appreciate any ideas if you've done something like this.

[choldgraf]

Hmmm - it looks like they're using sphinx-gallery, and specifically the animation is handled by this code:

https://github.com/sphinx-gallery/sphinx-gallery/blob/9245f7ce482c5e26d59e27caf9f5bfcbc863ffb2/sphinx_gallery/scrapers.py#L217-L241

Maybe that could be adapted somehow for your use-case?

[choldgraf]

How about:

```{raw} html
:file: yourfile.html
```

?

[stoffprof]

That worked! Thanks so much. So simple.

[choldgraf]

any interest in adding to the documentation here: https://jupyterbook.org/advanced/html.html#use-raw-html-in-markdown

?

I think that section is too-discouraging of HTML. It doesn't document the use of {raw}, nor the way to include a file via :file:. It'd be helpful to others if that information were there!

[stoffprof]

Sure, although I have a pretty dumb question first: where do the source files for the documentation live?

[choldgraf]

Here: https://github.com/executablebooks/jupyter-book/edit/master/docs/advanced/html.md

Although you can also find a link in the little github icon at the top right: