Convert a notebook to its Markdown representation, using Pandoc

def notebook_to_md(notebook):
    """Convert a notebook to its Markdown representation, using Pandoc"""
    tmp_file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False)
    tmp_file.write(ipynb_writes(notebook).encode('utf-8'))
    tmp_file.close()

    pandoc(u'--from ipynb --to markdown -s --atx-headers --wrap=preserve --preserve-tabs', tmp_file.name, tmp_file.name)

    with open(tmp_file.name, encoding='utf-8') as opened_file:
        text = opened_file.read()

    os.unlink(tmp_file.name)
    return '\n'.join(text.splitlines())