spell out that the media repo is distributed...

10 years ago · 30fc5284db
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--- a/drafts/media_repository.rst
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@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ HTTP API
 --------

 Uploads are POSTed to a resource which returns a token which is used to GET
-the download::
+the download.  Uploads are POSTed to the sender's local homeserver, but are
+downloaded from the recipient's local homeserver, which must thus first transfer
+the content from the origin homeserver using the same API (unless the origin
+and destination homeservers are the same).  The upload/download API is::

    => POST /_matrix/media/v1/upload HTTP/1.1
       Content-Type: <media-type>