Oh, I didn't actually get to much in to what the command actually does, did I?
Usage: drop-file-to-email (drop name) to (contact) Description: Creates a new drop at http://drop.io and then uploads a file which is selected from a file form input in the preview block. The file is uploaded via multipart/form-data ajax post. The drop url is then sent to a new GMail composition to the specified contact. Makes use of the Drop.io RESTful Dropper API - http://groups.google.com/group/dropio-api/web/full-api-documentation Example: drop-file-to-email myfiledrop to [email protected] Select a file from the form element in the preview block, hit enter and you get a new gmail composition: To: [email protected] Subject: New Drop - [fileName] Body: Download It Here:<br /> <a href="http://drop.io/myfiledrop";>[fileName] ([fileSize] bytes)</a> On Feb 26, 4:18 pm, GooseusTheGreen <[email protected]> wrote: > I heard of Ubiquity awhile ago, but hadn't gotten a chance to mess > with it until recently... since then I've been in love with the idea > of developing these sort of tools. The first one that came to my mind > was for some friends of mine who send out (via email) medium sized > files using various file transfer sites, including drop.io. After a > couple of days I now have a drop-file-to-email command > > http://gist.github.com/71201 > > You can't just subscribe and use the command since you will need to > setup a developer account (for free) at drop.io in order to get the > necessary API key... after you get an API key you can then create > drops and upload files to drop on the fly with some restrictions (30 > requests within 15 minutes, but I believe these are file requests, not > server requests). If anyone is interested in checking it out without > having to sign up you can email me and I'll send you my API key. > > A couple interesting things I ran in to while making this command: 1) > a problem integrating with the email command using aliases and 2) the > problem of uploading a file using the XMLHttpRequest object. > > Thanks to this article (http://igstan.blogspot.com/2009/01/pure- > javascript-file-upload.html), I got code to create a coupleof > functions which will perform a multipart/form-data post (including > binary data from a file input element) using the XMLHttpRequest object > and which only works in FF3 (thanks to it's extra DOM support for the > aforementioned file input element), making it perfect for use by > Ubiquity. I mapped the modified functions to CmdUtils as an example > of how a future function MIGHT work (though these definitely need some > work in terms of robustness). > > Thanks to Irbabe I was put on the path to aliasing the standard-feed > email, but unfortunately the command is a little too specific and I > could not manipulate all the necessary variables. So instead I copied > out the email execute() function and getGmailTab() functions in to my > own command and made the email function more generic. I'm wondering > if the the existing email command couldn't just use an alias to a > generic mailer command which is designed simply for aliasing... though > I what point is it easier to make it in to a global function? > > So yeah, that's what I've been cooking up, let me know any questions, > comments, improvements, etc. > > - Goose --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ubiquity-firefox" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ubiquity-firefox?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
