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Media Repository
The media repository is where attachments and avatar photos are stored. It stores attachment content and thumbnails for media uploaded by local users. It caches attachment content and thumbnails for media uploaded by remote users.
Storage
Each item of media is assigned a media_id
when it is
uploaded. The media_id
is a randomly chosen, URL safe 24
character string. Metadata such as the MIME type, upload time and length
are stored in the sqlite3 database indexed by media_id
.
Content is stored on the filesystem under a "content" directory.
Thumbnails are stored under a "thumbnails" directory. The item with
media_id
"aabbccccccccdddddddddddd"
is stored
under "local/content/aa/bb/ccccccccdddddddddddd"
. Its
thumbnail with width 128
and height 96
and
type "image/jpeg"
is stored under
"local/thumbnails/aa/bb/ccccccccdddddddddddd/128-96-image-jpeg"