matrix-org / matrix-org/matrix-widget-api
Authenticated media / MSC3916 support.
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- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 95
- Forks
- 24
- Avg merge
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Description
Media across matrix is slowly starting to require authentication, with the major servers out there now requiring new media to be accessed with a bearer token. Widgets obviously do not have access to the client's access token, so will be unable to access this media.
I suspect a good solution here would be to provide APIs for download / thumbnail APIs, and pass along a buffer with the media.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading MSC3916 and the existing widget media API surface, focusing on the download and thumbnail APIs mentioned in the issue. The work is done when widgets can access authenticated media through a defined API and receive the media buffer without access to the client's token.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- api, authentication
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100