ShareX Feature Specifications

Uploader Plugin System Specification

Architecture Overview

Multi-Instance Provider Catalog:

• Renamed IUploaderPlugin → IUploaderProvider with multi-category support
• Separated provider (type) from instance (configured occurrence)
• ProviderCatalog: Static registry for provider types
• InstanceManager: Singleton for instance lifecycle, persistence, default selection
• Models: UploaderInstance, InstanceConfiguration with JSON serialization
• UI: ProviderCatalogViewModel, CategoryViewModel, UploaderInstanceViewModel
• Full CRUD operations: Add from catalog, duplicate, rename, remove, set default
• Cross-category support: Same provider (e.g., S3) can serve Image + Text + File

Providers Reference:

• ImgurProvider: Supports Image + Text categories
• AmazonS3Provider: Supports Image + Text + File categories

Persistence: %AppData%/XerahS/uploader-instances.json