Helper method for loading files. Photo upload example. Fixes #24

3 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/tgbot/tgbot.h b/include/tgbot/tgbot.h
index 351410b..a7c8ae6 100644
--- a/include/tgbot/tgbot.h
+++ b/include/tgbot/tgbot.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #include "tgbot/types/InlineQueryResultVideo.h"
 #include "tgbot/types/ChosenInlineResult.h"
 #include "tgbot/tools/StringTools.h"
+#include "tgbot/tools/FileTools.h"
 #include "tgbot/net/HttpClient.h"
 #include "tgbot/net/HttpParser.h"
 #include "tgbot/net/HttpReqArg.h"
diff --git a/include/tgbot/tools/FileTools.h b/include/tgbot/tools/FileTools.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6071852
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/tgbot/tools/FileTools.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+//
+// Created by Oleg on 25.01.17.
+//
+
+#ifndef TGBOT_FILETOOLS_H
+#define TGBOT_FILETOOLS_H
+
+#include <string>
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup tools
+ */
+namespace FileTools {
+
+/**
+ * Reads whole file to string.
+ * @param filePath Path to a file
+ * @return string with file contents
+ */
+std::string read(const std::string& filePath);
+
+};
+
+
+#endif //TGBOT_FILETOOLS_H
diff --git a/include/tgbot/types/InputFile.h b/include/tgbot/types/InputFile.h
index f2403e3..c56ab7a 100644
--- a/include/tgbot/types/InputFile.h
+++ b/include/tgbot/types/InputFile.h
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ public:
 	 * File name.
 	 */
 	std::string fileName;
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates new InputFile::Ptr from an existing file.
+	 */
+	static InputFile::Ptr fromFile(const std::string& filePath, const std::string& mimeType);
 };
 
 }