Using ngrok with Google Colab - ngrok documentation

This guide shows you how to use ngrok from a Google Colab notebook using the pyngrok library. It covers installing pyngrok, adding your ngrok authtoken, and starting a tunnel from Colab.

What you’ll need

A Google Colab notebook.
An ngrok account.
Your ngrok authtoken.

1

Install pyngrok in your notebook

In a Colab cell, install pyngrok:

!pip -q install pyngrok

2

Add your ngrok authtoken

In a new cell, add your ngrok authtoken:

from pyngrok import ngrok

ngrok.set_auth_token("YOUR_AUTHTOKEN")

3

Start a tunnel

Start a tunnel to your local port (for example, 8080):

tunnel = ngrok.connect(8080)
print(tunnel.public_url)

Use the printed URL to access your service through ngrok.