RemoteFrameBuffer class

class jupyter_rfb.RemoteFrameBuffer(**kwargs: Any)

A widget implementing a remote frame buffer.

This is a subclass of ipywidgets.DOMWidget. To use this class, it should be subclassed, and its .get_frame() and .handle_event() methods should be implemented.

This widget has the following traits:

  • css_width: the logical width of the frame as a CSS string. Default ‘500px’.

  • css_height: the logical height of the frame as a CSS string. Default ‘300px’.

  • resizable: whether the frame can be manually resized. Default True.

  • quality: the quality of the JPEG encoding during interaction/animation as a number between 1 and 100. Default 80. Set to lower numbers for more performance on slow connections. Note that each interaction is ended with a lossless image (PNG). If set to 100 or if JPEG encoding isn’t possible (missing pillow or simplejpeg dependencies), then lossless PNGs will always be sent.

  • max_buffered_frames: the number of frames that is allowed to be “in-flight”, i.e. sent, but not yet confirmed by the client. Default 2. Higher values may result in a higher FPS at the cost of introducing lag.

print(*args, **kwargs)

Print to the widget’s output area (for debugging purposes).

In Jupyter, print calls that occur in a callback or an asyncio task may (depending on your version of the notebook/lab) not be shown. Inside .get_frame() and .handle_event() you can use this method instead. The signature of this method is fully compatible with the builtin print function (except for the file argument).

close(*args, **kwargs)

Close all views of the widget and emit a close event.

snapshot(pixel_ratio=None, _initial=False)

Create a snapshot of the current state of the widget.

Returns an IPython DisplayObject that can simply be used as a cell output. The display object has a data attribute that holds the image array data (typically a numpy array).

The pixel_ratio can optionally be set to influence the resolution. By default the widgets’ “native” pixel-ratio is used.

request_draw()

Schedule a new draw. This method itself returns immediately.

This method is automatically called on each resize event. During a draw, the .get_frame() method is called, and the resulting array is sent to the client. See the docs for details about scheduling.

reset_stats()

Restart measuring statistics from the next sent frame.

get_stats()

Get the current stats since the last time .reset_stats() was called.

Stats is a dict with the following fields:

  • sent_frames: the number of frames sent.

  • confirmed_frames: number of frames confirmed by the client.

  • roundtrip: avererage time for processing a frame, including receiver confirmation.

  • delivery: average time for processing a frame until it’s received by the client. This measure assumes that the clock of the server and client are precisely synced.

  • img_encoding: the average time spent on encoding the array into an image.

  • b64_encoding: the average time spent on base64 encoding the data.

  • fps: the average FPS, measured from the first frame sent since .reset_stats() was called, until the last confirmed frame.

get_frame()

Return image array for the next frame.

Subclasses should overload this method. It is automatically called during a draw. The returned numpy array must be NxM (grayscale), NxMx3 (RGB) or NxMx4 (RGBA). May also return None to cancel the draw.

handle_event(event)

Handle an incoming event.

Subclasses should overload this method. Events include widget resize, mouse/touch interaction, key events, and more. An event is a dict with at least the key event_type. See jupyter_rfb.events for details.