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Send an image in a chat message with SleekXMPP
import logging
import threading
import sleekxmpp
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
class Bot(sleekxmpp.ClientXMPP):
def __init__(self, jid, password):
super(Bot, self).__init__(jid, password)
self.ready = threading.Event()
self.register_plugin('xep_0030')
self.register_plugin('xep_0066') # OOB
self.register_plugin('xep_0231') # BOB
self.add_event_handler('session_start', self.session_start)
def session_start(self, event):
self.get_roster()
self.send_presence()
self.ready.set()
def send_image_html(self, jid, img_url):
m = self.Message()
m['to'] = jid
m['type'] = 'chat'
m['body'] = 'Tried sending an image using HTML-IM'
m['html']['body'] = '<img src="%s" />' % img_url
m.send()
def send_image_bob(self, jid, img_file_path):
m = self.Message()
m['to'] = jid
m['type'] = 'chat'
with open(img_file_path, 'rb') as img_file:
img = img_file.read()
if img:
cid = self['xep_0231'].set_bob(img, 'image/png')
m['body'] = 'Tried sending an image using HTML-IM + BOB'
m['html']['body'] = '<img src="cid:%s" />' % cid
m.send()
def send_image_oob(self, jid, img_url):
m = self.Message()
m['to'] = jid
m['type'] = 'chat'
m['body'] = 'Tried sending an image using OOB'
m['oob']['url'] = img_url
m.send()
if __name__ == '__main__':
b = Bot('bot@example.com', 'secret')
b.connect()
b.process(block=False)
b.ready.wait()
b.send_image_html('someone@example.com', 'http://example.com/image.png')
b.send_image_bob('someone@example.com', 'image.png')
b.send_image_oob('someone@example.com', 'http://example.com/image.png')
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virdb commented Aug 23, 2017

there are any android client that supports BOB?

@gsathish09
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is it possible to send image as an attachment ? because when i try 'sending image with OOB' jabber receiver receives the image but its coming as an unsupported image format .

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