In [1]:

    

youtube_edits = """
(
    'entire video', 
    (
        'The entire video.', 
        (
            '', 
            '',
        )
    ), 
),
"""


    

In [2]:

    

%%HTML
<script>
var appendYouTubeEdits = function (){
    var quote = "'",
        left = '(',
        right = ')',
        space = ' ',
        append = '+=',
        colon = ':',
        comma = ',',
        dblQuote = '"',
        spacer = '    ',
        cr = '\\n',
        startHours = document.getElementById('startHours').value,
        startMinutes = document.getElementById('startMinutes').value,
        startSeconds = document.getElementById('startSeconds').value,
        stopHours = document.getElementById('stopHours').value,
        stopMinutes = document.getElementById('stopMinutes').value,
        stopSeconds = document.getElementById('stopSeconds').value,
        anchor = document.getElementById('anchor').value,
        description = document.getElementById('description').value,
        command = [
        'youtube_edits',
        space,
        append,
        space,
        dblQuote,
        left,
        cr,
        spacer,
        quote,
        anchor,
        quote,
        comma,
        
        cr,
        spacer,
        left,
        cr,
        spacer,
        spacer,
        quote,
        description,
        quote,
        comma,
        cr,
        spacer,
        spacer,
        left,
        cr,
        spacer,
        spacer,
        spacer,
        quote,
        [
            startHours,
            startMinutes,
            startSeconds,
        ].join(colon),
        quote,
        comma,
        cr,
        spacer,
        spacer,
        spacer,
        quote,
        [
            stopHours,
            stopMinutes,
            stopSeconds,
        ].join(colon),
        quote,
        comma,
        cr,
        spacer,
        spacer,
        right,
        comma,
        cr,
        spacer,
        right,
        comma,
        cr,
        right,
        comma,
        cr,
        dblQuote,
    ].join(''),
    kernel = IPython.notebook.kernel;
    kernel.execute(command);
}
</script>
<div>
<p>start</p>
<input type="text" id="startHours" size="2" maxlength="2" value="00"></input>:
<input type="text" id="startMinutes" size="2" maxlength="2" value="00"></input>:
<input type="text" id="startSeconds" size="2" maxlength="2" value="00"></input><br/>
<p>stop</p>
<input type="text" id="stopHours" size="2" maxlength="2" value="00"></input>:
<input type="text" id="stopMinutes" size="2" maxlength="2" value="00"></input>:
<input type="text" id="stopSeconds" size="2" maxlength="2" value="00"></input><br/>
<p>anchor</p>
<input type="text" id="anchor" size="20" maxlength="20" value="example anchor"></input><br/>
<p>description</p>
<input type="text" id="description" size="80" maxlength="200" value="example description"></input><br/><br/>
<button onClick="appendYouTubeEdits();">set timestamp</button>
</div>


    

    







start
:
:


stop
:
:


anchor


description



set timestamp

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print(type(youtube_edits))
text = "({})".format(youtube_edits)
with open('youtube_edits.py', 'w') as fh:
    fh.write(text)


    

    




<class 'str'>

In [4]:

    

# %load youtube_edits.py
(
(
    'entire video', 
    (
        'The entire video.', 
        (
            '', 
            '',
        )
    ), 
),
(
    'example anchor',
    (
        'example description',
        (
            '00:00:00',
            '00:00:00',
        ),
    ),
),
)


    

    
Out[4]:





(('entire video', ('The entire video.', ('', ''))),
 ('example anchor', ('example description', ('00:00:00', '00:00:00'))))