def createResource(self, resource_type, title, resource_file=None, resource_filename=None,
                       abstract=None, keywords=None,
                       edit_users=None, view_users=None, edit_groups=None, view_groups=None,
                       metadata=None, extra_metadata=None, progress_callback=None):
        url = "{url_base}/resource/".format(url_base=self.url_base)
        close_fd = False
        if resource_type not in self.resource_types:
            raise HydroShareArgumentException("Resource type {0} is not among known resources: {1}".format(resource_type,
                                                                                                           ", ".join([r for r in self.resource_types])))
        params = {'resource_type': resource_type, 'title': title}
        if abstract:
            params['abstract'] = abstract
        if keywords:
            for (i, kw) in enumerate(keywords):
                key = "keywords[{index}]".format(index=i)
                params[key] = kw
        if edit_users:
            params['edit_users'] = edit_users
        if view_users:
            params['view_users'] = view_users
        if edit_groups:
            params['edit_groups'] = edit_groups
        if view_groups:
            params['view_groups'] = view_groups
        if metadata:
            params['metadata'] = metadata
        if extra_metadata:
            params['extra_metadata'] = extra_metadata
        if resource_file:
            close_fd = self._prepareFileForUpload(params, resource_file, resource_filename)
        encoder = MultipartEncoder(params)
        if progress_callback is None:
            progress_callback = default_progress_callback
        monitor = MultipartEncoderMonitor(encoder, progress_callback)
        r = self._request('POST', url, data=monitor, headers={'Content-Type': monitor.content_type})
        if close_fd:
            fd = params['file'][1]
            fd.close()
        if r.status_code != 201:
            if r.status_code == 403:
                raise HydroShareNotAuthorized(('POST', url))
            else:
                raise HydroShareHTTPException((url, 'POST', r.status_code, params))
        response = r.json()
        new_resource_id = response['resource_id']
        return new_resource_id