code: def add_resource(self, path, resource):
          
  
          assert isinstance(resource, Resource)
          path = path.strip("/")
          paths = path.split("/")
          actual_path = ""
          i = 0
          for p in paths:
              i += 1
              actual_path += "/" + p
              try:
                  res = self.root[actual_path]
              except KeyError:
                  res = None
              if res is None:
                  resource.path = actual_path
                  self.root[actual_path] = resource
          return True
docs: Helper function to add resources to the resource directory during server initialization.
  
          :param path: the path for the new created resource
          :type resource: Resource
          :param resource: the resource to be added