# fiftyone.core.context Context utilities. Copyright 2017-2026, Voxel51, Inc.
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**Functions:** | [`init_context`](#fiftyone.core.context.init_context)() | Initializes context settings. | |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [`is_notebook_context`](#fiftyone.core.context.is_notebook_context)() | Determines whether this process is running in a notebook context, either Jupyter or Google Colab. | | [`is_jupyter_context`](#fiftyone.core.context.is_jupyter_context)() | Determines whether this process is running in a Jupyter notebook. | | [`is_colab_context`](#fiftyone.core.context.is_colab_context)() | Determines whether this process is running in Google Colab. | | [`is_databricks_context`](#fiftyone.core.context.is_databricks_context)() | Determines whether this process is running in Databricks. | | [`get_url`](#fiftyone.core.context.get_url)(address, port[, proxy_url]) | | **Exceptions:** | [`ContextError`](#fiftyone.core.context.ContextError) | Exception raised when an action is taken in an unsupported context. | |---------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| ### fiftyone.core.context.init_context() Initializes context settings. ### fiftyone.core.context.is_notebook_context() Determines whether this process is running in a notebook context, either Jupyter or Google Colab. * **Returns:** True/False ### fiftyone.core.context.is_jupyter_context() Determines whether this process is running in a Jupyter notebook. * **Returns:** True/False ### fiftyone.core.context.is_colab_context() Determines whether this process is running in Google Colab. * **Returns:** True/False ### fiftyone.core.context.is_databricks_context() Determines whether this process is running in Databricks. * **Returns:** True/False ### fiftyone.core.context.get_url(address: str, port: int, proxy_url: str = None, \*\*kwargs: Dict[str, str]) → str ### *exception* fiftyone.core.context.ContextError Bases: `OSError` Exception raised when an action is taken in an unsupported context. **Methods:** | [`add_note`](#fiftyone.core.context.ContextError.add_note)(object, /) | Exception.add_note(note) -- add a note to the exception | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [`with_traceback`](#fiftyone.core.context.ContextError.with_traceback)(object, /) | Exception.with_traceback(tb) -- set self._\_traceback_\_ to tb and return self. | **Attributes:** | [`args`](#fiftyone.core.context.ContextError.args) | | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------| | [`characters_written`](#fiftyone.core.context.ContextError.characters_written) | | | [`errno`](#fiftyone.core.context.ContextError.errno) | POSIX exception code | | [`filename`](#fiftyone.core.context.ContextError.filename) | exception filename | | [`filename2`](#fiftyone.core.context.ContextError.filename2) | second exception filename | | [`strerror`](#fiftyone.core.context.ContextError.strerror) | exception strerror | #### add_note(object,) Exception.add_note(note) – add a note to the exception #### args #### characters_written #### errno POSIX exception code #### filename exception filename #### filename2 second exception filename #### strerror exception strerror #### with_traceback(object,) Exception.with_traceback(tb) – set self._\_traceback_\_ to tb and return self.