On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 6:05 PM, zacharykane <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, I'm trying to create an attachment on a page from a URL to an image,
> using JavaScript and the RESTful API.
>
> I'm not sure I'm doing it correctly of if this can be done but here's where
> I'm at:
>
> httpRequest.open('PUT', '/xwiki/rest/wikis/XWiki/spaces/Main/pages/Daily
> All-Source Digest – 2013-01-05T07:30P24/attachments/Blade Header
> UnClassified-S.png');
>
I think the following is wrong. You just have to send (PUT) the actual
PNG data using application/octet-stream media type and that's it. No
XML involved here.
> httpRequest.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/xml');
>
> httpRequest.send('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"
> standalone="yes"?><attachment xmlns="http://www.xwiki.org";><name>"Blade
> Header
> UnClassified-S.png"</name><mimeType>"image/png"</mimeType><xwikiAbsoluteUrl>"https://domain/xwiki/bin/download/ColorThemes/Nightfall/Blade%20Header%20UnClassified-S.png";</xwikiAbsoluteUrl></attachment>');
>
> This example is actually using a URL to a preexisting Attachment, just
> seeing if I'm getting permission errors on the server some how. I've also
> tried random publicly accessible images.
>
> I get a 200 response signaling an attachment is created and a link appears
> on the page in the attachment section but the image won't display because
> 'it contains errors'.
>
> Can I submit attachments this way? Do I need the actual image data, encoded
> somehow?
>
What you did, instead, is to send XML as PNG data, that's why your
file is seen as corrupted. You didn't send any actual PNG bytes.
Let me know if it works
-Fabio
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