Added the possibility that a user selects a directory

app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/Rust/DirectorySelectionResponse.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+namespace AIStudio.Tools.Rust;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Data structure for selecting a directory.
+/// </summary>
+/// <param name="UserCancelled">Was the directory selection canceled?</param>
+/// <param name="SelectedDirectory">The selected directory, if any.</param>
+public readonly record struct DirectorySelectionResponse(bool UserCancelled, string SelectedDirectory);

app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/Rust/PreviousDirectory.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+namespace AIStudio.Tools.Rust;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Data structure for selecting a directory when a previous directory was selected.
+/// </summary>
+/// <param name="Path">The path of the previous directory.</param>
+public readonly record struct PreviousDirectory(string Path);

app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/RustService.cs

@@ -323,6 +323,19 @@ public sealed class RustService : IDisposable
         return state;
     }
     
+    public async Task<DirectorySelectionResponse> SelectDirectory(string title, string? initialDirectory = null)
+    {
+        PreviousDirectory? previousDirectory = initialDirectory is null ? null : new (initialDirectory);
+        var result = await this.http.PostAsJsonAsync($"/select/directory?title={title}", previousDirectory, this.jsonRustSerializerOptions);
+        if (!result.IsSuccessStatusCode)
+        {
+            this.logger!.LogError($"Failed to select a directory: '{result.StatusCode}'");
+            return new DirectorySelectionResponse(true, string.Empty);
+        }
+        
+        return await result.Content.ReadFromJsonAsync<DirectorySelectionResponse>(this.jsonRustSerializerOptions);
+    }
+
     #region IDisposable
 
     public void Dispose()

runtime/Cargo.toml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ authors = ["Thorsten Sommer"]
 tauri-build = { version = "1.5", features = [] }
 
 [dependencies]
-tauri = { version = "1.8", features = [ "http-all", "updater", "shell-sidecar", "shell-open"] }
+tauri = { version = "1.8", features = [ "http-all", "updater", "shell-sidecar", "shell-open", "dialog"] }
 tauri-plugin-window-state = { git = "https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace", branch = "v1" }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"

runtime/src/app_window.rs

@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ use std::sync::Mutex;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use log::{error, info, warn};
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
-use rocket::get;
+use rocket::{get, post};
 use rocket::serde::json::Json;
 use rocket::serde::Serialize;
+use serde::Deserialize;
 use tauri::updater::UpdateResponse;
 use tauri::{Manager, Window};
+use tauri::api::dialog::blocking::FileDialogBuilder;
 use tokio::time;
 use crate::api_token::APIToken;
 use crate::dotnet::stop_dotnet_server;
@@ -220,3 +222,52 @@ pub async fn install_update(_token: APIToken) {
         },
     }
 }
+
+/// Let the user select a directory.
+#[post("/select/directory?<title>", data = "<previous_directory>")]
+pub fn select_directory(_token: APIToken, title: &str, previous_directory: Option<Json<PreviousDirectory>>) -> Json<DirectorySelectionResponse> {
+    let folder_path = match previous_directory {
+        Some(previous) => {
+            let previous_path = previous.path.as_str();
+            FileDialogBuilder::new()
+                .set_title(title)
+                .set_directory(previous_path)
+                .pick_folder()
+        },
+
+        None => {
+            FileDialogBuilder::new()
+                .set_title(title)
+                .pick_folder()
+        },
+    };
+    
+    match folder_path {
+        Some(path) => {
+            info!("User selected directory: {path:?}");
+            Json(DirectorySelectionResponse {
+                user_cancelled: false,
+                selected_directory: path.to_str().unwrap().to_string(),
+            })
+        },
+
+        None => {
+            info!("User cancelled directory selection.");
+            Json(DirectorySelectionResponse {
+                user_cancelled: true,
+                selected_directory: String::from(""),
+            })
+        },
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Deserialize)]
+pub struct PreviousDirectory {
+    path: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+pub struct DirectorySelectionResponse {
+    user_cancelled: bool,
+    selected_directory: String,
+}

runtime/src/runtime_api.rs

@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ pub fn start_runtime_api() {
                 crate::clipboard::set_clipboard,
                 crate::app_window::check_for_update,
                 crate::app_window::install_update,
+                crate::app_window::select_directory,
                 crate::secret::get_secret,
                 crate::secret::store_secret,
                 crate::secret::delete_secret,