code: def load_module(self, fullname):
          
          path = find_notebook(fullname, self.path)
  
          print ("importing Jupyter notebook from %s" % path)
  
          # load the notebook object
          with io.open(path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
              nb = read(f, 4)
  
  
          # create the module and add it to sys.modules if name in sys.modules:
          #    return sys.modules[name]
          mod = types.ModuleType(fullname)
          mod.__file__ = path
          mod.__loader__ = self
          mod.__dict__['get_ipython'] = get_ipython
          sys.modules[fullname] = mod
  
          # extra work to ensure that magics that would affect the user_ns
          # actually affect the notebook module's ns
          save_user_ns = self.shell.user_ns
          self.shell.user_ns = mod.__dict__
  
          try:
            for cell in nb.cells:
              if cell.cell_type == 'code':
                  # transform the input to executable Python
                  code = self.shell.input_transformer_manager.transform_cell(cell.source)
                  # run the code in themodule
                  exec(code, mod.__dict__)
          finally:
              self.shell.user_ns = save_user_ns
          return mod
docs: import a notebook as a module