code: def addItem(self, itemType, itemContents, itemID=None):
          
  
          if itemType not in self.noteDB.collection_names():
              fields = [(ii, pymongo.TEXT) for ii in itemContents]
              self.noteDB[itemType].ensure_index(fields)
  
          collection = self.noteDB[itemType]
  
          if itemID is None:
              itemContents['timestamps'] = [time.time()]
              itemID = self.getNewID()
              itemContents["ID"] = itemID
              collection.insert(itemContents)
          else:
              _id = collection.find_one({"ID": itemID})["_id"]
              timestamps = collection.find_one({"ID": itemID})["timestamps"]
              timestamps.append(time.time())
              itemContents["timestamps"] = timestamps
              itemContents["ID"] = itemID
              collection.update({"_id": _id}, itemContents)
  
          return itemID
docs: :param str itemType: The type of the item, note, place, todo
              :param dict itemContents: A dictionary of the item contents
              :param int itemID: When editing a note, send the ID along with it