add frontend function for public drives

Author: DenisaCG

src/contents.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   IRegisteredFileTypes
 } from './token';
 import {
+  addPublicDrive,
   saveObject,
   getContents,
   mountDrive,
@@ -662,6 +663,26 @@ export class Drive implements Contents.IDrive {
     return data;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Add public drive.
+   *
+   * @param options: The options used to add the public drive.
+   *
+   * @returns A promise which resolves with the contents model.
+   */
+  async addPublicDrive(driveUrl: string): Promise<Contents.IModel> {
+    data = await addPublicDrive(driveUrl);
+
+    Contents.validateContentsModel(data);
+    this._fileChanged.emit({
+      type: 'new',
+      oldValue: null,
+      newValue: data
+    });
+
+    return data;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Create a checkpoint for a file.
    *

src/requests.ts

@@ -533,6 +533,33 @@ export async function createDrive(
   return data;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Add public drive.
+ *
+ * @param driveUrl The public drive URL.
+ *
+ * @returns A promise which resolves with the contents model.
+ */
+export async function addPublicDrive(driveUrl: string) {
+  await requestAPI<any>('drives/' + driveUrl + '/', 'POST', {
+    public: true
+  });
+
+  data = {
+    name: driveUrl,
+    path: driveUrl,
+    last_modified: '',
+    created: '',
+    content: [],
+    format: 'json',
+    mimetype: '',
+    size: 0,
+    writable: true,
+    type: 'directory'
+  };
+  return data;
+}
+
 namespace Private {
   /**
    * Helping function for renaming files inside