Notebooks FAQ has dead link

[tobihol]

In the GESIS Notebooks FAQ (https://notebooks.gesis.org/faq.html) the persistent Notebook option: "https://notebooks.gesis.org/services/binder/v2/gh/github_account_name/repository_name/HEAD" does not work.

@arnim

[rgaiacs]

Dear @tobihol,

thanks for the message.

The correct link is https://notebooks.gesis.org/binder/v2/gh/github_account_name/repository_name/branch_name

I tested using https://notebooks.gesis.org/binder/v2/gh/binder-examples/requirements/HEAD and it works for me.

I will update the documentation.

[rgaiacs]

Dear @tobihol,

I missed a part of your original message. You are talking about the persistent notebook. We are not running the persistent notebook at the moment. We deactivate it months ago.

[arnim]

Maybe we should remove the whole last paragraph

Just like mybinder.org, you can create a direct launch link for a notebook repository. To launch the notebook without persistence (no login required) you can create a URL like https://notebooks.gesis.org/binder/v2/gh/github_account_name/repository_name/HEAD with appropriate 'github_account_name' and 'repository_name'. To launch this with persistence (login required) you can construct a URL with https://notebooks.gesis.org/services/binder/v2/gh/github_account_name/repository_name/HEAD.

With only Binder as part of the Fed deployed this doesn't seem necessary anymore.
@rgaiacs What do you think?

[rgaiacs]

@arnim I updated it to

How can I create a direct launch link for my notebooks?

Just like mybinder.org, you can create a direct launch link for a notebook repository. The URL is something like https://notebooks.gesis.org/binder/v2/gh/github_account_name/repository_name/commit_id with appropriate 'github_account_name', 'repository_name' and 'commit_id' (usually "HEAD").

This is live on https://notebooks.gesis.org/faq.html