Allow JupyterLab Native to connect to binder

[ellisonbg]

As a default (not locally installation) we could allow JupyterLab Native to connect to binder. Here is an issue on the binder hub repo that is discussing the proposed API for starting a binder instance with a a REST API.

jupyterhub/binderhub#13

@yuvipanda

[yuvipanda]

Would love it if whoever wants to implement this in the app could outline what their ideal API would look like :D

[ellisonbg]

Here is a rough sketch: * We need a REST API end point to hit that 1) starts the binder, and 2) returns the URL of the running instance with any security token needed to connect. * We would then hit the REST end point, grab the URL+token and point JupyterLab at it. * Would be helpful to get the url and token base separately as JSON * If the instances timeout, it would be helpful to have a way to query if the instance is still running or if we have to restart. or that, it might be helpful to have the REST end point take the URL from an existing instance and return the running one or a new one at that URL.

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[ellisonbg]

Ready to go!

https://github.com/jupyterhub/binderhub/blob/master/examples/binder-api.py