Description
Description
With notebook~=6.0, this:
jupyter notebook --NotebookApp.use_redirect_file=false /path/to/notebook
opens the specified notebook in browser, skipping the /tree view.
Now, with notebook~=7.0 (and after changing NotebookApp --> ServerApp), this:
jupyter notebook --ServerApp.use_redirect_file=false /path/to/notebook
does not open the expected notebook, but instead opens the /tree path.
Note: both commands need token and password set to an empty string for the open to work smoothly (assuming safe environment here).
Reproduce
- Install
notebook~=7.0 - Run:
jupyter notebook --ServerApp.use_redirect_file=false --ServerApp.token='' --ServerApp.password='' /path/to/notebook
- A tree view is launched in the browser (e.g.
http://localhost:8888/tree), instead of the notebook asked, on e.g.http://localhost:8888/notebooks/path/to/notebook.
Expected behavior
According to docs, opening a specific notebook from the CLI should still work.
It turns out it doesn't work just when the redirect file is not used, i.e. it does work when use_redirect_file=true.
For some use cases, use of local redirect files is not an option (e.g. an online IDE, like GitPod or Codespaces).
Now, my question is, is this really the expected/desired behavior?
A workaround
jupyter notebook --JupyterNotebookApp.default_url='notebooks/<path/to/notebook>'
Opens the specified notebook, but it has a few drawbacks.
Context
- Operating System and version: any linux
- Browser and version: any browser
- Jupyter versions:
IPython : 8.15.0
ipykernel : 6.25.2
ipywidgets : not installed
jupyter_client : 7.4.9
jupyter_core : 5.3.1
jupyter_server : 2.7.3
jupyterlab : 4.0.5
nbclient : 0.8.0
nbconvert : 7.8.0
nbformat : 5.9.2
notebook : 7.0.3
qtconsole : not installed
traitlets : 5.9.0