Transporter: upload app screenshots without specifying the size and md5

Originator:nicolas.bouilleaud
Number:rdar://23030356 Date Originated:2015-10-08
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:iTunes Connect Product Version:n/a
Classification:Enhancement Reproducible:n/a
 
Summary:
When uploading screenshots using Transporter, we must specify, for each file, its size and md5 checksum in the xml. I understand why it’s needed for large/sensitive files (e.g. movies.). For App screenshots, it’s overkill; all it does is making Transporter harder to script. And anyway, we don’t have to do that when uploading screenshots into the web UI.

Steps to Reproduce:
* use Transporter to fetch the metadata of an app;
* simply replace the screenshots with new files;
* upload;


Expected Results:
* profit!

Additionally, Transporter could itself check which files were modified and provide a short summary or ask for confirmation.

Actual Results:
Transporter complains that the file size and checksum don’t match.

(To be honest, from a user’s point of view, this is particularly frustrating. This is the scene that happened when I setup it the first time:
_AARGH. I KNOW THE CHECKSUM DONT MATCH WHY DO YOU ASK ME TO FILL IT IF YOURE GONNA CHECK IT YOURSELF._)

Version:
n/a

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