CLI: Resolves #1728: Create subnotebooks (#6722)

packages/app-cli/app/command-mkbook.ts

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+const BaseCommand = require('./base-command').default;
+const { app } = require('./app.js');
+import { _ } from '@joplin/lib/locale';
+import BaseModel from '@joplin/lib/BaseModel';
+import Folder from '@joplin/lib/models/Folder';
+import { FolderEntity } from '@joplin/lib/services/database/types';
+
+class Command extends BaseCommand {
+	usage() {
+		return 'mkbook <new-notebook>';
+	}
+
+	description() {
+		return _('Creates a new notebook.');
+	}
+
+	options() {
+		return [
+			['-p, --parent <parent-notebook>', _('Create a new notebook under a parent notebook.')],
+		];
+	}
+
+	// validDestinationFolder check for presents and ambiguous folders
+	async validDestinationFolder(targetFolder: string) {
+
+		const destinationFolder = await app().loadItem(BaseModel.TYPE_FOLDER, targetFolder);
+		if (!destinationFolder) {
+			throw new Error(_('Cannot find: "%s"', targetFolder));
+		}
+
+		const destinationDups = await Folder.search({ titlePattern: targetFolder, limit: 2 });
+		if (destinationDups.length > 1) {
+			throw new Error(_('Ambiguous notebook "%s". Please use short notebook id instead - press "ti" to see the short notebook id', targetFolder));
+		}
+
+		return destinationFolder;
+	}
+
+	async saveAndSwitchFolder(newFolder: FolderEntity) {
+
+		const folder = await Folder.save(newFolder, { userSideValidation: true });
+		app().switchCurrentFolder(folder);
+
+	}
+
+	async action(args: any) {
+		const targetFolder = args.options.parent;
+
+		const newFolder: FolderEntity = {
+			title: args['new-notebook'],
+		};
+
+		if (targetFolder) {
+
+			const destinationFolder = await this.validDestinationFolder(targetFolder);
+			newFolder.parent_id = destinationFolder.id;
+			await this.saveAndSwitchFolder(newFolder);
+
+		} else {
+			await this.saveAndSwitchFolder(newFolder);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+module.exports = Command;