Sending text file attachment using JSON

[ilium007]

❓ Question
Is sending attachments using JSON supported? I want to send a text file (log file) using the JSON POST method. I have tried base64 encoding the file but can't get it to work.

[ilium007]

I can send attachments using curl POST URL string in a shell scrip as a testt:

send_alert () {
  /usr/bin/curl -X POST \
    -F "title=$1" \
    -F "body=$2" \
    -F "attach=@$LOG_FILE" \
    $APPRISE_URL
}

Can this be done by sending a JSON string instead?

[caronc]

Using curl it might be a bit tricky, but the payload needs to look like:

{
 "title": "Title",
 "body": "Body",
 "type": "info",
 "format": "text",
  "attachments": [
   {
     "filename": "filename.txt",
     "base64": "<base64>"
     "mimetype": "plain/text"
   }
  ]
}

If you have more than one attachment, you can chain them. But the easiest way is to just send the files along with the payload. Especially if you're using curl

# Send a notification with an attachment:
curl -X POST \
    -F 'urls=mailto://user:[email protected]' \
    -F 'body=test message' \
    -F [email protected] \
    http://localhost:8000/notify

# Send multiple attachments; just make sure the attach keyword is unique:
curl -X POST \
    -F 'urls=mailto://user:[email protected]' \
    -F 'body=test message' \
    -F [email protected] \
    -F attach2=@/my/path/to/Apprise.doc \
    http://localhost:8000/notify