Initiates a direct external upload

//native

type Discourse = {

  apiKey: string;

  defaultHost: string;

  apiUsername: string;

};

/**

 * Initiates a direct external upload

 * Direct external uploads bypass the usual method of creating uploads

via the POST /uploads route, and upload directly to an external provider,

which by default is S3.

 */

export async function main(

  auth: Discourse,

  body: {

    type:

      | "avatar"

      | "profile_background"

      | "card_background"

      | "custom_emoji"

      | "composer";

    file_name: string;

    file_size: number;

    metadata?: { "sha1-checksum"?: string };

  },

) {

  const url = new URL(

    `https://${auth.defaultHost}/uploads/generate-presigned-put.json`,

  );

  const response = await fetch(url, {

    method: "POST",

    headers: {

      "Content-Type": "application/json",

      "API-KEY": auth.apiKey,

      "API-USERNAME": auth.apiUsername,

    },

    body: JSON.stringify(body),

  });

  if (!response.ok) {

    const text = await response.text();

    throw new Error(`${response.status} ${text}`);

  }

  return await response.json();

}