Upload to a user-provided uploadpath

docs/index.md

@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ Currently the allowed parameters are:
 - `repo`: (**required**) the github repository to fetch.
 - `branch`: the branch of the repository to fetch (default to _main_).
 - `urlpath`: the path to a notebook file to open (relative to the root of the repository).
-- `provider`: The provider of the API. Currently it supports _Github_ and _Gitlab_ API.
+- `provider`: the provider of the API. Currently it supports _Github_ and _Gitlab_ API.
+- `uploadpath`: the path to the directory in which the repository directory is created.
 
 ## Limitations
 

src/gitpuller.ts

@@ -23,7 +23,14 @@ export abstract class GitPuller {
    * @returns the path of the created directory.
    */
   async clone(url: string, branch: string, basePath: string): Promise<string> {
-    await this.createTree([basePath]);
+    const basePathComponents = basePath.split('/');
+    const basePathPrefixes = [];
+    for (let i = 0; i < basePathComponents.length; i++) {
+      basePathPrefixes.push(basePathComponents.slice(0, i + 1).join('/'));
+    }
+
+    // For a basePath 'a/b/c', create ['a', 'a/b', 'a/b/c']
+    await this.createTree(basePathPrefixes);
 
     const fileList = await this.getFileList(url, branch);
 
@@ -96,11 +103,12 @@ export abstract class GitPuller {
         path: PathExt.dirname(directory)
       };
       // Create directory if it does not exist.
-      await this._contents.get(directory, { content: false }).catch(() => {
-        this._contents.newUntitled(options).then(async newDirectory => {
+      await this._contents
+        .get(directory, { content: false })
+        .catch(async () => {
+          const newDirectory = await this._contents.newUntitled(options);
           await this._contents.rename(newDirectory.path, directory);
         });
-      });
     }
   }
 

src/index.ts

@@ -61,10 +61,12 @@ const gitPullerExtension: JupyterFrontEndPlugin<void> = {
 
     let puller: GitPuller | null = null;
 
-    const basePath = PathExt.basename(repo);
     const branch = urlParams.get('branch') || 'main';
     const provider = urlParams.get('provider') || 'github';
     const filePath = urlParams.get('urlpath');
+    const uploadPath = urlParams.get('uploadpath') || '/';
+
+    const basePath = PathExt.join(uploadPath, PathExt.basename(repo));
 
     const repoUrl = new URL(repo);
     if (provider === 'github') {
@@ -95,10 +97,10 @@ const gitPullerExtension: JupyterFrontEndPlugin<void> = {
       return;
     }
 
-    puller.clone(repoUrl.href, branch, basePath).then(async basePath => {
+    puller.clone(repoUrl.href, branch, basePath).then(repoPath => {
       if (filePath) {
         app.commands.execute('filebrowser:open-path', {
-          path: PathExt.join(basePath, filePath)
+          path: PathExt.join(repoPath, filePath)
         });
       }
     });