On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Russell Blau <[email protected]> wrote:
>> --abc
>> Content-Disposition: form-data; name="%s"; filename="%s"
>> Content-Type: application/octet-stream
>>
> What is the second "%s" in the above line?  Is this instead of having a
> separate form-data element with name="filename", or is it a duplicate of
> that element, or is it something entirely different?
>
name is the name of the form element (wpUploadFile) and filename the
name of the file (picture.jpg)

> If RFC 2388 says that the sending application MAY supply a file name, why is
> the API treating this as a REQUIRED parameter?
It is not, as far as I can see. It is requiring the form element
"filename" and ignoring the filename attribute from the file all
together.


Bryan

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