allow kernel_name to be specified in url parameter

12 years ago · 696394e27d
parent 9e809126e4
commit 696394e27d
1 changed files with 7 additions and 3 deletions
--- a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/notebook.js
+++ b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/notebook.js
@ -2275,9 +2275,13 @@ define([
        // Create the session after the notebook is completely loaded to prevent
        // code execution upon loading, which is a security risk.
        if (this.session === null) {
-            var kernelspec = this.metadata.kernelspec || {};
-            var kernel_name = kernelspec.name;
-
+            var kernel_name;
+            if (this.metadata.kernelspec) {
+                var kernelspec = this.metadata.kernelspec || {};
+                kernel_name = kernelspec.name;
+            } else {
+                kernel_name = utils.get_url_param('kernel_name');
+            }
            this.start_session(kernel_name);
        }
        // load our checkpoint list