Spano
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Spano is a micropub media endpoint which accepts file uploads via Micropub and returns a URL for use in a subsequent Micropub post. It is created by Marty McGuire.
Spano makes use of content addressing so that repeated uploads of the same file do not take extra space and always returns the same URL. Additionally, revisions of files with the same name cannot overwrite one another.
"Editions"
There are two editions of Spano.
SpanoPHP (2025 PHP edition)
An updated PHP version of Spano, named SpanoPHP was released in 2025. SpanoPHP source code.
SpanoPHP uses
- an included
IndieAuth/RelyingPartylibrary for handling IndieAuth - an included (simplified) hashing file store inspired by Python HashFS
- Guzzle to support both (token verification requests for IndieAuth, uploaded file streaming for the file store)
Spano (original Python Flask edition)
The original version of Spano (2017) is built on the Python Flask framework and makes use of 
Kyle Mahan's flask-micropub library for handling IndieAuth and finding Micropub endpoints.
Content addressing is handled via Flask-HashFS.
IndieWeb Examples
People using Spano to post to their website:
Marty McGuire since 2017-01-26. SpanoPHP since 2025-03-08.- ...