upload media files and export a family tree (e.g. to gedcom) via the gramps web api
domain: grampsweb.org · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Authenticate first with POST /api/token/ and attach the resulting JWT as a Bearer token, same as for object CRUD
Create the media object's metadata first via POST /api/media/ (title, mime type, etc.), then upload the actual binary content with PUT /api/media/<handle>/file
For bulk media, POST a ZIP archive to /api/media/archive/upload/zip; files inside are matched to existing media objects by checksum rather than by folder path
Kick off a tree export (e.g. GEDCOM) through the /api/exporters/ endpoints; export generation is asynchronous, so poll the background task-status endpoint until the task completes
Once the task reports done, download the resulting file from the URL it returns, appending the auth token as required
Known gotchas
Exports and media-archive generation are asynchronous background tasks, not immediate file responses — clients must poll a task-status endpoint and only download once the task finishes
The media file-upload endpoint supports a checksum-match mode that only accepts a file if it matches the media object and none is already stored — easy to misuse if checksums don't match
Requires self-hosting with a working media storage backend (local disk or S3-compatible) configured beforehand; there is no vendor-hosted shared instance to call against
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