Create an attachment from a local file path

Reads a file, base64-encodes its contents, and returns a list in the format expected by the attachments argument of update_chat_user_input().

Usage

chat_attachment(path, mime = NULL, name = NULL)

Arguments

path

Path to the file. The file must exist.

mime

MIME type of the file. When NULL (default), guessed from the file extension. Raises an error if the extension is unrecognised.

name

Filename shown in the attachment chip. Defaults to basename(path).

Value

A list with elements mime, name, size, and data_url, ready to pass as an element of the attachments argument of update_chat_user_input().