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+/*!
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+import type { User } from '@nextcloud/cypress'
+import { openSharingPanel } from '../FilesSharingUtils.ts'
+
+export interface ShareContext {
+	user: User
+	url?: string
+}
+
+const defaultShareContext: ShareContext = {
+	user: {} as User,
+	url: undefined,
+}
+
+/**
+ * Retrieves the URL of the share.
+ * Throws an error if the share context is not initialized properly.
+ *
+ * @param context The current share context (defaults to `defaultShareContext` if not provided).
+ * @return The share URL.
+ * @throws Error if the share context has no URL.
+ */
+export function getShareUrl(context: ShareContext = defaultShareContext): string {
+	if (!context.url) {
+		throw new Error('Share context is not properly initialized with a URL.')
+	}
+	return context.url
+}
+
+/**
+ * Setup the available data
+ * @param context The current share context
+ * @param shareName The name of the shared folder
+ */
+export function setupData(context: ShareContext, shareName: string): void {
+	cy.mkdir(context.user, `/${shareName}`)
+	cy.mkdir(context.user, `/${shareName}/subfolder`)
+	cy.uploadContent(context.user, new Blob(['<content>foo</content>']), 'text/plain', `/${shareName}/foo.txt`)
+	cy.uploadContent(context.user, new Blob(['<content>bar</content>']), 'text/plain', `/${shareName}/subfolder/bar.txt`)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Create a public link share
+ * @param context The current share context
+ * @param shareName The name of the shared folder
+ */
+export function createShare(context: ShareContext, shareName: string) {
+	cy.login(context.user)
+	cy.visit('/apps/files') // Open the files app
+	openSharingPanel(shareName) // Open the sharing sidebar
+
+	cy.intercept('POST', '**/ocs/v2.php/apps/files_sharing/api/v1/shares').as('createShare')
+	cy.findByRole('button', { name: 'Create a new share link' }).click()
+
+	// Extract the share link
+	return cy.wait('@createShare')
+		.should(({ response }) => {
+			expect(response?.statusCode).to.eq(200)
+			const url = response?.body?.ocs?.data?.url
+			expect(url).to.match(/^https?:\/\//)
+			context.url = url
+		})
+		.then(() => cy.wrap(context.url))
+}
+
+/**
+ * Adjust share permissions to be editable
+ */
+function adjustSharePermission(): void {
+	cy.findByRole('list', { name: 'Link shares' })
+		.findAllByRole('listitem')
+		.first()
+		.findByRole('button', { name: /Actions/i })
+		.click()
+	cy.findByRole('menuitem', { name: /Customize link/i }).click()
+
+	cy.get('[data-cy-files-sharing-share-permissions-bundle]').should('be.visible')
+	cy.get('[data-cy-files-sharing-share-permissions-bundle="upload-edit"]').click()
+
+	cy.intercept('PUT', '**/ocs/v2.php/apps/files_sharing/api/v1/shares/*').as('updateShare')
+	cy.findByRole('button', { name: 'Update share' }).click()
+	cy.wait('@updateShare').its('response.statusCode').should('eq', 200)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Setup a public share and backup the state.
+ * If the setup was already done in another run, the state will be restored.
+ *
+ * @param shareName The name of the shared folder
+ * @return The URL of the share
+ */
+export function setupPublicShare(shareName = 'shared'): Cypress.Chainable<string> {
+
+	return cy.task('getVariable', { key: 'public-share-data' }).then((data) => {
+		// Leave dataSnapshot part unchanged
+		// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+		const { dataSnapshot, shareUrl } = data as any || {}
+		if (dataSnapshot) {
+			cy.restoreState(dataSnapshot)
+			defaultShareContext.url = shareUrl
+			return cy.wrap(shareUrl as string)
+		} else {
+			const shareData: Record<string, unknown> = {}
+			return cy.createRandomUser()
+				.then((user) => {
+					defaultShareContext.user = user
+				})
+				.then(() => setupData(defaultShareContext, shareName))
+				.then(() => createShare(defaultShareContext, shareName))
+				.then((url) => {
+					shareData.shareUrl = url
+				})
+				.then(() => adjustSharePermission())
+				.then(() =>
+					cy.saveState().then((snapshot) => {
+						shareData.dataSnapshot = snapshot
+					}),
+				)
+				.then(() => cy.task('setVariable', { key: 'public-share-data', value: shareData }))
+				.then(() => cy.log(`Public share setup, URL: ${shareData.shareUrl}`))
+				.then(() => cy.wrap(defaultShareContext.url))
+		}
+	})
+}