Add creating new notebooks is now possible. Bad reference atm

gadget_jiocontents.js

@@ -125,6 +125,31 @@
     });
   }
   
+  function handleCreate(e) {
+    var now = new Date().toUTCString();
+    var jioObj = {
+      portal_type: "Web JSON",
+      parent_relative_url: "web_page_module",
+      title: "untitled_notebook.ipynb",
+      reference: "untitled notebook from " + now,
+      text_content: JSON.stringify(createBlankNotebook())
+    };
+    var gadget = this;
+    gadget.jio_post(jioObj)
+      .push(function(newId) {
+        gadget.jio_get(newId)
+          .push(function(result) {
+            e.detail.resolve(toNotebookModel(newId, result, true));
+          }, function(err) {
+            console.log(err);
+            e.detail.reject(err);
+          });
+      }, function(err) {
+        console.log(err);
+        e.detail.reject(err);
+      });
+  }
+  
   /*
    *
    * RJS Stuffs
@@ -139,13 +164,37 @@
     .declareAcquiredMethod("jio_allDocs", "jio_allDocs")
     .declareAcquiredMethod("jio_get", "jio_get")
     .declareAcquiredMethod("jio_put", "jio_put")
+    .declareAcquiredMethod("jio_post", "jio_post")
     .onEvent("get_event", handleGet, false, true)
     .onEvent("save_event", handleSave, false, true)
+    .onEvent("create_event", handleCreate, false, true)
     .declareMethod('render', function () {
       console.log("Rendering!");
       document.jiocontentsReady = true;
       return this;
     });
+    
+    function createBlankNotebook() {
+      return {
+        "cells": [
+          { "cell_type": "code",
+            "execution_count": null,
+            "metadata": { "collapsed": true },
+            "outputs": [],
+            "source": []
+          }
+        ],
+        "metadata": {
+          "kernelspec": {
+            "display_name": "Python 2",
+            "language": "python",
+            "name": "python2"
+          }
+        },
+        "nbformat": 4,
+        "nbformat_minor": 2
+      };
+    }
 
 }(window, rJS));
 

jiocontents.js

@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ define(function(require) {
             });
             getJiocontentsDiv().dispatchEvent(ev);
           });
-        })
-    }
+        });
+    };
 
 
     /**
@@ -172,14 +172,22 @@ define(function(require) {
      *      type: model type to create ('notebook', 'file', or 'directory')
      */
     Contents.prototype.new_untitled = function(path, options) {
-        console.log("creating new untitled");
-        return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
-            var jioworker =
-                new Worker("nbextensions/jiocontents/jioworker.js");
-            jioworker.onmessage = function(e) {
-                resolve(e.data);
-            };
-            jioworker.postMessage(["create", path]);
+      if(options.type !== "notebook") {
+        console.log("Creation of non-notebooks is not supported!");
+        return Promise.reject();
+      }
+      return waitForReadyPromise()
+        .then(function() {
+          return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
+            var ev = new CustomEvent("create_event", {
+              detail: {
+                path: path,
+                resolve: resolve,
+                reject: reject,
+              }
+            });
+            getJiocontentsDiv().dispatchEvent(ev);
+          });
         });
     };