Description
When passing a URL (HTTP/HTTPS) as the image source to zai-cli vision analyze, the tool consistently fails with:
HTTP 400: {"error":{"code":"1210","message":"图片输入格式/解析错误"}}
This happens with both PNG and JPEG URLs. Local file paths work correctly — the CLI properly encodes them to base64 before sending to the API.
Steps to Reproduce
zai-cli vision analyze "https://example.com/image.jpg" "What do you see?"- Observe error 1210 repeated 3 times (retry logic kicks in)
Expected Behavior
URL images should be downloaded and encoded to base64 before being sent to the Z.AI chat completions API, same as local files.
Working Case (local file)
# Download the same image locally first
zai-cli vision analyze ./image.jpg "What do you see?"
# ✅ Works perfectly, returns detailed analysis
Environment
- zai-cli v0.1.2 (npm global)
- Node v24.11.1
- Vision model: glm-5v-turbo (also fails with default glm-4.6v)
- OS: Windows 10 (x64)
Root Cause
The image source handling in the vision analysis doesn't fetch URL content before passing to the API. The CLI passes the URL string directly instead of downloading and base64-encoding it first.
Description
When passing a URL (HTTP/HTTPS) as the image source to
zai-cli vision analyze, the tool consistently fails with:This happens with both PNG and JPEG URLs. Local file paths work correctly — the CLI properly encodes them to base64 before sending to the API.
Steps to Reproduce
zai-cli vision analyze "https://example.com/image.jpg" "What do you see?"Expected Behavior
URL images should be downloaded and encoded to base64 before being sent to the Z.AI chat completions API, same as local files.
Working Case (local file)
Environment
Root Cause
The image source handling in the vision analysis doesn't fetch URL content before passing to the API. The CLI passes the URL string directly instead of downloading and base64-encoding it first.