1. provide automatic relocation of important links in items that are imported or synced to clones

2. provide framework for custom curl request bodies using custom/non-standard request methods. This was a real nightmare because curl doesn't actually let you specify a string to send as the request body (except when doing POST). You have to treat it as a file upload using a custom file handler function which provides the actual content in chunks as if it were buffered I/O.
3. item_store and item_store_update now return the item that was stored

Zotlabs/Module/Import.php

@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ class Import extends \Zotlabs\Web\Controller {
 	
 		// import channel
 	
+		$relocate = ((array_key_exists('relocate',$data)) ? $data['relocate'] : null);
+
 		if(array_key_exists('channel',$data)) {
 	
 			if($completed < 1) {
@@ -475,7 +477,7 @@ class Import extends \Zotlabs\Web\Controller {
 			import_events($channel,$data['event']);
 	
 		if(is_array($data['event_item']))
-			import_items($channel,$data['event_item']);
+			import_items($channel,$data['event_item'],false,$relocate);
 	
 		if(is_array($data['menu']))
 			import_menus($channel,$data['menu']);
@@ -486,7 +488,7 @@ class Import extends \Zotlabs\Web\Controller {
 		$saved_notification_flags = notifications_off($channel['channel_id']);
 	
 		if($import_posts && array_key_exists('item',$data) && $data['item'])
-			import_items($channel,$data['item']);
+			import_items($channel,$data['item'],false,$relocate);
 	
 		notifications_on($channel['channel_id'],$saved_notification_flags);
 	

Zotlabs/Module/Import_items.php

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class Import_items extends \Zotlabs\Web\Controller {
 	
 	
 		if(array_key_exists('item',$data) && $data['item']) {
-			import_items($channel,$data['item']);
+			import_items($channel,$data['item'],false,((array_key_exists('relocate',$data)) ? $data['relocate'] : null));
 		}
 	
 		if(array_key_exists('item_id',$data) && $data['item_id']) {
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class Import_items extends \Zotlabs\Web\Controller {
 	
 	
 	
-		function get() {
+	function get() {
 	
 		if(! local_channel()) {
 			notice( t('Permission denied') . EOL);

Zotlabs/Module/Item.php

@@ -894,8 +894,8 @@ class Item extends \Zotlabs\Web\Controller {
 		if($orig_post) {
 			$datarray['id'] = $post_id;
 	
-			item_store_update($datarray,$execflag);
+			$x = item_store_update($datarray,$execflag);
-	
+			
 			if(! $parent) {
 				$r = q("select * from item where id = %d",
 					intval($post_id)

Zotlabs/Module/Uexport.php

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class Uexport extends \Zotlabs\Web\Controller {
 		}
 	}
 		
-		function get() {
+	function get() {
 	
 		$y = datetime_convert('UTC',date_default_timezone_get(),'now','Y');
 	

include/channel.php

@@ -496,8 +496,10 @@ function identity_basic_export($channel_id, $items = false) {
 	$r = q("select * from channel where channel_id = %d limit 1",
 		intval($channel_id)
 	);
-	if($r)
+	if($r) {
 		$ret['channel'] = $r[0];
+		$ret['relocate'] = [ 'channel_address' => $r[0]['channel_address'], 'url' => z_root()];
+	}
 
 	$r = q("select * from profile where uid = %d",
 		intval($channel_id)
@@ -717,6 +719,10 @@ function identity_export_year($channel_id,$year,$month = 0) {
 
 	$ret = array();
 
+	$ch = channelx_by_n($channel_id);
+	if($ch) {
+		$ret['relocate'] = [ 'channel_address' => $ch['channel_address'], 'url' => z_root()];
+	}
 	$mindate = datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$year . '-' . $target_month . '-01 00:00:00');
 	if($month && $month < 12)
 		$maxdate = datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$year . '-' . $target_month_plus . '-01 00:00:00');

include/import.php

@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ function sync_chatrooms($channel,$chatrooms) {
 
 
 
-function import_items($channel,$items,$sync = false) {
+function import_items($channel,$items,$sync = false,$relocate = null) {
 
 	if($channel && $items) {
 		$allow_code = false;
@@ -584,13 +584,6 @@ function import_items($channel,$items,$sync = false) {
 					$item['id'] = $r[0]['id'];
 					$item['uid'] = $channel['channel_id'];
 					$item_result = item_store_update($item,$allow_code,$deliver);
-					if($sync && $item['item_wall']) {
-						// deliver singletons if we have any
-						if($item_result && $item_result['success']) {
-							Zotlabs\Daemon\Master::Summon(array('Notifier','single_activity',$item_result['item_id']));
-						}
-					}
-					continue;
 				}	
 			}
 			else {
@@ -598,19 +591,37 @@ function import_items($channel,$items,$sync = false) {
 				$item['uid'] = $channel['channel_id'];
 				$item_result = item_store($item,$allow_code,$deliver);
 			}
+
 			if($sync && $item['item_wall']) {
 				// deliver singletons if we have any
 				if($item_result && $item_result['success']) {
 					Zotlabs\Daemon\Master::Summon(array('Notifier','single_activity',$item_result['item_id']));
 				}
 			}
+			if($relocate && $item_result['item_id']) {
+				$item = $item_result['item'];
+				if($item['mid'] === $item['parent_mid']) {
+					item_url_replace($channel,$item,$relocate['url'],z_root(),$relocate['channel_address']);
+					dbesc_array($item);
+					$item_id = $item_result['item_id'];
+					unset($item['id']);
+					$str = '';
+					foreach($item as $k => $v) {
+						if($str)
+							$str .= ",";
+						$str .= " `" . $k . "` = '" . $v . "' ";
+            		}
+
+            		$r = dbq("update `item` set " . $str . " where id = " . $item_id );
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
 
 
-function sync_items($channel,$items) {
+function sync_items($channel,$items,$relocate = null) {
-	import_items($channel,$items,true);
+	import_items($channel,$items,true,$relocate);
 }
 
 
@@ -1200,31 +1211,9 @@ function sync_files($channel,$files) {
 				}
 			}
 			if($f['item']) {
-				sync_items($channel,$f['item']);
+				sync_items($channel,$f['item'],
-				foreach($f['item'] as $i) {
+					['channel_address' => $original_channel,'url' => $oldbase]
-					if($i['message_id'] !== $i['message_parent'])
+				);
-						continue;
-					$r = q("select * from item where mid = '%s' and uid = %d limit 1",
-						dbesc($i['message_id']),
-						intval($channel['channel_id'])
-					);
-					if($r) {
-						$item = $r[0];
-						item_url_replace($channel,$item,$oldbase,z_root(),$original_channel);
-
-						dbesc_array($item);
-						$item_id = $item['id'];
-						unset($item['id']);
-					    $str = '';
-    					foreach($item as $k => $v) {
-				        	if($str)
-            					$str .= ",";
-        					$str .= " `" . $k . "` = '" . $v . "' ";
-    					}
-
-					    $r = dbq("update `item` set " . $str . " where id = " . $item_id );
-					}
-				}
 			}
 		}
 	}

include/items.php

@@ -1889,6 +1889,7 @@ function item_store($arr, $allow_exec = false, $deliver = true) {
 	}
 
 
+	$ret['item'] = $arr;
 
 	call_hooks('post_remote_end',$arr);
 
@@ -2139,6 +2140,15 @@ function item_store_update($arr,$allow_exec = false, $deliver = true) {
 		return $ret;
 	}
 
+	// fetch an unescaped complete copy of the stored item
+
+	$r = q("select * from item where id = %d",
+		intval($orig_post_id)
+	);
+	if($r)
+		$arr = $r[0];
+
+
 	$r = q("delete from term where oid = %d and otype = %d",
 		intval($orig_post_id),
 		intval(TERM_OBJ_POST)
@@ -2170,6 +2180,8 @@ function item_store_update($arr,$allow_exec = false, $deliver = true) {
 		$arr['iconfig'] = $meta;
 	}
 
+	$ret['item'] = $arr;
+
 	call_hooks('post_remote_update_end',$arr);
 
 	if($deliver) {

include/network.php

@@ -62,7 +62,17 @@ function z_fetch_url($url, $binary = false, $redirects = 0, $opts = array()) {
 		@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, $false);
 	}
 
+	if(x($opts,'upload'))
+		@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_UPLOAD, $opts['upload']);
+	
+	if(x($opts,'infile'))
+		@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_INFILE, $opts['infile']);
 
+	if(x($opts,'infilesize'))
+		@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE, $opts['infilesize']);
+
+	if(x($opts,'readfunc'))
+		@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_READFUNCTION, $opts['readfunc']);
 
 	if(x($opts,'headers'))
 		@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $opts['headers']);

include/zot.php

@@ -3031,7 +3031,8 @@ function build_sync_packet($uid = 0, $packet = null, $groups_changed = false) {
 
 	$info = (($packet) ? $packet : array());
 	$info['type'] = 'channel_sync';
-	$info['encoding'] = 'red'; // note: not zot, this packet is very red specific
+	$info['encoding'] = 'red'; // note: not zot, this packet is very platform specific
+	$info['relocate'] = ['channel_address' => $channel['channel_address'], 'url' => z_root() ];
 
 	if(array_key_exists($uid,App::$config) && array_key_exists('transient',App::$config[$uid])) {
 		$settings = App::$config[$uid]['transient'];
@@ -3169,10 +3170,13 @@ function process_channel_sync_delivery($sender, $arr, $deliveries) {
 			sync_events($channel,$arr['event']);
 
 		if(array_key_exists('event_item',$arr) && $arr['event_item'])
-			sync_items($channel,$arr['event_item']);
+			sync_items($channel,$arr['event_item'],((array_key_exists('relocate',$arr)) ? $arr['relocate'] : null));
 
 		if(array_key_exists('item',$arr) && $arr['item'])
-			sync_items($channel,$arr['item']);
+			sync_items($channel,$arr['item'],((array_key_exists('relocate',$arr)) ? $arr['relocate'] : null));
+
+		// deprecated, maintaining for a few months for upward compatibility
+		// this should sync webpages, but the logic is a bit subtle
 
 		if(array_key_exists('item_id',$arr) && $arr['item_id'])
 			sync_items($channel,$arr['item_id']);
@@ -3529,13 +3533,6 @@ function process_channel_sync_delivery($sender, $arr, $deliveries) {
 			}
 		}
 
-
-		if(array_key_exists('item',$arr) && $arr['item'])
-			sync_items($channel,$arr['item']);
-
-		if(array_key_exists('item_id',$arr) && $arr['item_id'])
-			sync_items($channel,$arr['item_id']);
-
 		$addon = array('channel' => $channel,'data' => $arr);
 		call_hooks('process_channel_sync_delivery',$addon);