How to upload files

When using send_stream_request Errbot Stream is expecting a BinaryIO so use open('/path/to/file/filename.ext','r') for fsource.

After calling send_stream_request an errbot.backend.base.Stream() will be returned. This can be used to monitor the state of the transfer. See the following example:

from time import sleep
from errbot import BotPlugin, botcmd
from errbot.backends import base

class Example(BotPlugin):

    @botcmd  # flags a command
    def tryme(self, msg, args):  # a command callable with !tryme

        stream = self._bot.send_stream_request(identifier=msg.frm,
                                               fsource=open('/path/to/file/filename.ext', 'r'),
                                               name='filename.ext')
        while True:
            sleep(5)
            yield stream.status
            if stream.status == base.STREAM_ERROR:
                yield "Transfer stopped with error"
                return

            if stream.status == base.STREAM_SUCCESSFULLY_TRANSFERED:
                yield "Transfer completed successfully"
                return