Support file uploads (StatusNet)

[Craig]

StatusNet 0.9 supports file uploads via the API, and it would be great if Gwibber supported that feature.

To upload a file, call "statuses/update" just like you do now for providing a new status update, but use the standard "multipart/form-data" encoding instead of just a regular post, and put the file data in the "media" field.

[Colin Dean (colindean)]

How does StatusNet show this in the interface? Is it like a file attached to a single post?

[Craig (candrews-integralblue)]

StatusNet generates a URL for the file, uses the user's selected URL shortener to get a short URL, and appends that to the notice text. Here's an example: http://identi.ca/notice/13611238

The StatusNet web interface allows a user to do this by entering the notice text, then clicking the paperclip, and selecting a file to upload.

File upload support is not new, just the API interface to do so is.