<section1topic='Requesting a slot'anchor='request'>
<p>A client requests a new upload slot by sending an IQ-get to the upload service containing a <request> child element qualified by the urn:xmpp:http:upload:0 namespace. This element MUST include the attributes filename and size containing the file name and size respectively.</p>
<p>A client requests a new upload slot by sending an IQ-get to the upload service containing a <request> child element qualified by the urn:xmpp:http:upload:0 namespace. This element MUST include the attributes filename and size containing the file name and size (in bytes) respectively.</p>
<p>An additional attribute content-type containing the Content-Type is OPTIONAL.</p>
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