Upload a file

Upload a single file and get the corresponding URI.

POST https://omegaletter.chat/api/v1/user_uploads

Usage examples

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import zulip

# Download ~/zuliprc-dev from your dev server
client = zulip.Client(config_file="~/zuliprc-dev")

# Upload a file
# (Make sure that 'fp' is a file object)
result = client.call_endpoint(
    'user_uploads',
    method='POST',
    files=[fp]
)
print(result)

Arguments

Maximum file size

The maximum file size for uploads can be configured by the administrator of the Zulip server by setting MAX_FILE_UPLOAD_SIZE in the server's settings. MAX_FILE_UPLOAD_SIZE defaults to 25MB.

Response

Return values

• uri: The URI of the uploaded file.

Example response

A typical successful JSON response may look like:

{
    "msg": "",
    "result": "success",
    "uri": "/user_uploads/1/4e/m2A3MSqFnWRLUf9SaPzQ0Up_/zulip.txt"
}