feat: add --image-url CLI option#173
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Summary
Adds a new
--image-urlCLI option that accepts a URL for an image to include with a post. When provided, the URL is downloaded usingfetch, validated to return image content, and stored in anImageEmbedwith both the binarydataand the sourceurl. The Dev.to strategy is updated to prefer theurlproperty over base64-encoded binary data when embedding images.Changes
src/types.js: Added optionalurlproperty toImageEmbedtypesrc/bin.js:--image-urloption (mutually exclusive with--image)content-typestarts withimage/, throws on empty bodyImageEmbedwith bothdata(binary) andurl(source URL)alttext falls back to the filename extracted from the URL pathsrc/strategies/devto.js: When an image has aurlproperty, use it directly in markdown () instead of base64-encoding the binary dataREADME.md: Updated CLI docs to document--image-urloption and added exampletests/strategies/devto.test.js: Added two new tests covering URL-based image embedding (with and without alt text)