Extracting the cell's index to python variable

[YahavFes]

Hi,
I would like to get the cell's index to python variable.
I know I can do this in javascript using this command:

%%javascript
var cell = Jupyter.notebook.get_selected_index()

But I need that the index will be stored in python variable.

Do you have any idea how can I solve this problem?

[rahul-ahuja1]

+1

[kolibril13]

I searched for a while, and I could not find a solution.
Workaround:
at this to the first cell:

try:
    cell_counter += 1
except NameError:
    cell_counter = 0

add this to every next cell:

cell_counter += 1