File transfers in group chat

Spark Spark Dev
1

Hi,

How do you send files to other users in a GroupChat?

In single caht it works using:

…

String qjid = SparkManager.getUserManager().getJIDFromNickname(nickname); //get fully qualified jid

SparkTransferManager transferManager = SparkManager.getTransferManager(); //creat transfer manager

transferManager.sendFile(file, qjid); //do send

…

But line 1 cannot find the qjid for a group chat!? Any suggestions??

Cheers,

John.

2

There not currently support in XMPP for sending files to group chat rooms. Definitely something we’'re interested in seeing though.

Regards,

Matt

3

File transfer is already complicated and takes some time to negotiate and now one wants to do this not with one but with ten people?

Within a company one could write a simple SparkPlug which uses a SMB/FTP/HTTP upload and sends a link into the MUC. The receiving clients with this SparkPlug could detect the link and filter/convert it to “incoming file” as they know the server.

The SparkPlug may also support file encryption, so one could send the key with the link.

LG

4

For me, not so much sending to more then one in the room, just able to right click on the user in a room and send. Rather then opening up a private chat with them.

Thanks