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Resumable file upload with TUS protocol

use case

large file upload
upload when network is not reliable

Allow users to resume from where they left off

TODO: https://tus.io/faq.html TODO: https://dev.to/konsole/resumable-file-upload-in-php-handle-large-file-uploads-in-an-elegant-way-4a84 TODO: https://whien.medium.com/open-protocol-tus-how-it-work-c739ab1a372e

tus is a HTTP based protocol for resumable file uploads. Resumable means you can carry on where you left off without re-uploading whole data again in case of any interruptions. An interruption may happen willingly if the user wants to pause, or by accident in case of a network issue or server outage.

The example below shows the continuation of a 100 byte upload that was interrupted after 70 bytes were transferred.

Request HEAD /files/24e533e02ec3bc40c387f1a0e460e216 HTTP/1.1 Host: tus.example.org Tus-Resumable: 1.0.0

Response HTTP/1.1 200 OK Upload-Offset: 70 Tus-Resumable: 1.0.0

Given the offset, the Client uses the PATCH method to resume the upload:

PATCH /files/24e533e02ec3bc40c387f1a0e460e216 HTTP/1.1 Host: tus.example.org Content-Type: application/offset+octet-stream Content-Length: 30 Upload-Offset: 70 Tus-Resumable: 1.0.0

[remaining 30 bytes]

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content Tus-Resumable: 1.0.0 Upload-Offset: 100

Known app using tus

:TODO vimeo

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