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+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+import type { Node } from '@nextcloud/files'
+import DragAndDropPreview from '../components/DragAndDropPreview.vue'
+import Vue from 'vue'
+
+const Preview = Vue.extend(DragAndDropPreview)
+let preview: Vue
+
+export const getDragAndDropPreview = async (nodes: Node[]): Promise<Element> => {
+	return new Promise((resolve) => {
+		if (!preview) {
+			preview = new Preview().$mount()
+			document.body.appendChild(preview.$el)
+		}
+
+		preview.update(nodes)
+		preview.$on('loaded', () => {
+			resolve(preview.$el)
+			preview.$off('loaded')
+		})
+	})
+}