gptel-openai: Validate MIME types for media files #1089
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Summary
Fixes #929
OpenAI's Vision API only supports image formats (JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP) and does not support PDFs or other document types. This PR adds MIME type validation to prevent sending unsupported formats through the OpenAI backend.
Changes
gptel--openai-parse-multipartfunctionIssue Details
When users configured models with PDF support and sent PDFs through OpenRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, the backend would send PDFs as
image_urltypes, causing Azure/OpenAI to reject the request with:Solution
The fix validates MIME types before constructing the API request and throws a descriptive error:
This gives users clear guidance on how to resolve the issue.
Testing
The implementation has been tested to ensure:
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