(2020-05-17) Integrating Images And Files Into WikiFlux

Pondering how to Integrate Images And Files Into WikiFlux (for both WikiLog and PrivateWiki.

Constraints

• want photos and other images to show inline
• also occasionally binary files, like a Scapple MindMap file.
• want a pretty permanent solution: Cool URLs Don't Change
  • hmm, I don't really care about an image/file URL being permanent for others, so much as a working display.
  • maybe some sort of macro in WikiFlux engine to take a "root URL" and apply the current-engine's path?
    • (my main image-URL-rendering is buried within the CommonMark library - so I'm talking about a sort of post-processor)
    • hmm I wonder if I did that on my earlier engines?

Looking at what I have buried in my pages

• lots of flickr URLs, usually just raw link, not inline
• ah, I used InterWiki link sometimes (to FlickR) - good for linking, not for inline
  • but I could tweak that piece of code to handle URLs ending in jpg/png/gif differently....

But where would I store them?

• in WikiFlux static directory? - have to scp the file
  • so Markdown looks like [![cocreation](/static/CoCreation_202008.png)](https://miro.com/app/board/o9J_koRvp58=/) which I use at bottom of (2020-08-02) Hon What ARGs Can Teach Us About QAnon
  • note this is shared across the 2 spaces, at top of the hostname
  • Flask standard model assumes single static directory per app, what if I end up with multiple users?
    • I think I saw some examples making this dynamic
    • also, could use subdirectory of static for each user (hostname)....
    • but then I'd have to control access, etc - better let them use their own filespace somewhere

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