1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/item.rs b/src/item.rs
index 7c5935d..d61401b 100644
--- a/src/item.rs
+++ b/src/item.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ use reqwest::{
 };
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::Read;
 
 /// Data type for values that an Item can hold.
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
@@ -81,13 +83,17 @@ pub struct ItemCreatedResponse {
 /// Typical usage:
 ///
 /// ```no_run
+/// # async {
 /// let client = zotapi::client("https://myhub.com", "mychannel", "mypw");
 /// let new_post = zotapi::item()
 ///     .title("A title")
 ///     .body("The body of the post")
 ///     .file("/my/photo.jpg")
-///     .create(&client)?;
+///     .create(&client)
+///     .await?;
 /// # Ok::<(), zotapi::Error>(())
+/// # };
+/// ```
 /// ```
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct ItemBuilder<'a> {
@@ -133,7 +139,7 @@ impl<'a> ItemBuilder<'a> {
     }
 
     /// Create the item by poting it to the server
-    pub fn create(&self, client: &Client) -> Result<ItemCreatedResponse, Error> {
+    pub async fn create(&self, client: &Client) -> Result<ItemCreatedResponse, Error> {
         dbg!(self);
         let mut req = client.post("item/update");
 
@@ -149,13 +155,20 @@ impl<'a> ItemBuilder<'a> {
             }
 
             for f in self.files.iter() {
-                form = form.file("media", f)?;
+                let mut pdata = vec![];
+                let path = std::path::Path::new(f);
+                File::open(path)?.read_to_end(&mut pdata)?;
+
+                let filename = String::from(path.file_name().unwrap().to_str().unwrap());
+                let p = reqwest::multipart::Part::bytes(pdata)
+                    .file_name(filename);
+                form = form.part("media", p);
             }
 
             req = req.multipart(form)
         }
 
-        Ok(serde_json::from_str(&req.send()?.text()?)?)
+        Ok(serde_json::from_str(&req.send().await?.text().await?)?)
     }
 }