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+import json
+from lucid.misc.io.showing import _display_html
+
+def renderObservable(url, cells=None, data=None):
+  """Display observable notebook cells in iPython.
+
+  Args:
+    url: url fragment to observable notebook. ex: '@observablehq/downloading-and-embedding-notebooks'
+    cells: an array of strings for the names of cells you want to render. ex: ['viewof stage', 'viewof x']
+    data: a dictionary of variables that you'd like to overwrite. ex: {'x': 200, 'width': 500}
+  """
+
+  head = """
+  <div id="output"></div>
+  <div>
+    <a target="_blank" href='https://observablehq.com/{}'>source</a>
+  </div>
+  <script type="module">
+  """.format(url)
+  
+  runtimeImport = "import {Runtime} from 'https://unpkg.com/@observablehq/notebook-runtime?module';"
+  
+  notebookImport = "import notebook from 'https://api.observablehq.com/{0}.js';".format(url)
+  
+  cellsSerialized = "let cells = {};".format(json.dumps(cells))
+  dataSerialized = "let data = {};".format(json.dumps(data))
+  
+  code = """
+  const outputEl = document.getElementById("output");
+  
+  // Converts data into a map
+  let dataMap = new Map();
+  if (data) {
+    Object.keys(data).forEach(key => {
+      dataMap.set(key, data[key]);
+    });
+  }
+  
+  // Converts cells into a map
+  let cellsMap = new Map();
+  if (cells) {
+    cells.forEach((key, i) => {
+      const element = document.createElement("div");
+      outputEl.appendChild(element)
+      cellsMap.set(key, element)
+    });
+  }
+  
+  function render(_node, value) {
+    if (!(value instanceof Element)) {
+      const el = document.createElement("span");
+      el.innerHTML = value;
+      value = el;
+    }
+    if (_node.firstChild !== value) {
+      if (_node.firstChild) {
+        while (_node.lastChild !== _node.firstChild) _node.removeChild(_node.lastChild);
+        _node.replaceChild(value, _node.firstChild);
+      } else {
+        _node.appendChild(value);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  
+  Runtime.load(notebook, (variable) => {
+  
+    // Override a variable with a passed value
+    if (dataMap.has(variable.name)) {
+      variable.value = dataMap.get(variable.name)
+    }
+    
+    // Render the output to the corrent element
+    if (cellsMap.has(variable.name)) {
+      return { fulfilled: (value) => render(cellsMap.get(variable.name), value) }; 
+    } else {
+      return true;
+    }
+    
+  });
+  """
+  
+  foot = "</script>"
+  
+  _display_html(
+      head + runtimeImport + notebookImport + cellsSerialized + dataSerialized + code + foot
+  )