Uploading and Image via API - Swagger Error

[PenkethBoy 1942]

Just trying to Upload an image via the API - and using Swagger to test

 

but as you see below it fails

 

 

The response body error (from a bit of google foo) - indicates the uploaded file is not being encoded to base64 in swagger

 

And also the Content-Type should be "image/jpeg"

 

Not a major problem - but worth fixing I think

 

For those who may come across this at a later date

 

a small snippet of Powershell code that works for uploading a Primary image file via the API

# $embyImage.ID is the Emby ID of the item you wish to change the primary image of
$ImageUrl = $embyServerUrl + "/emby/Items/"+ $EmbyImage.ID + "/Images/Primary?api_key=" + $User.AccessToken

# Encode jpg to a base64 string - $BackImage.Fullname is the full path to the jpg file
[String]$Base64 = [convert]::ToBase64String((Get-Content $BackImage.FullName -Encoding Byte))

$Result = Invoke-Webrequest -uri $ImageUrl -Method POST -Body $Base64 -ContentType "image/jpeg"

If ($Result.StatusCode -eq 204)
{
     Write-Host "Success!!!!"
}
else
{
     Write-Host "Boo Fail!"
}

[Luke 25828]

Thanks for the info.

[junerain 0]

 

Hello！I want to use python to call "imageservice" to upload the actor's Avatar. Can you help me?

[junerain 0]

[PenkethBoy 1942]

Now you have the URL correct - you need to encode the image to base64 as i described above as you are getting the same error i was

 

how you do that in python i do not know - sorry

[junerain 0]

 

 

I succeeded. requests.post(data=)can upload binary Base64.

I didn't know how to give the base64 body to the API In which form before.

 

Thank you. I tried your PowerShell code, so I'm confident to finish it by python.

[PenkethBoy 1942]

Good, glad you got it sorted

 

Hopefully @@Luke will fix this at some point its only been 10 months or so!

[Luke 25828]

Fix for what? It has to be base64 encoded and I don't think the swagger UI supports doing that, so you won't be able to test the endpoint from there.

[PenkethBoy 1942]

If swagger does not support it then what use is there in having the swagger option

 

Maybe have a note as a minimum to tell api users that they need to encode the image

 

As the api calls as listed curl or http - give no clue this is whats needed - hence the original post

[Luke 25828]

I'll add a comment about that, which swagger will display.

[PenkethBoy 1942]

Thanks

[roblav96 1]

@@junerain the `Content-Type` header must also be `application/octet-stream`, not `image/jpeg`.