Upload a file with a single HTTP request:
1curl "https://api.bytescale.com/v2/accounts/{accountId}/uploads/binary" \2 -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \3 -H "Content-Type: text/plain" `# change to match the file's MIME type` \4 -d "Example Data" `# to upload a file: --data-binary @file.jpg`1{2 "accountId": "YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID",3 "etag": "33a64df551425fcc55e4d42a148795d9f25f89d4",4 "filePath": "/uploads/file.txt",5 "fileUrl": "https://upcdn.io/A623uY2/raw/uploads/file.txt"6}The file's contents.
Your account ID.
This is visible on the settings page:
https://www.bytescale.com/dashboard/settings
Example: "A623uY2"
Type: String
Length: 7
The file name to upload the file with.
Must not contain /.
Supports path variables.
Conditional: only allowed if filePath is not set.
Example: "image.jpg"
Type: String
Min Length: 0
Max Length: 512
The file name to use if fileName is already taken.
Must not contain /.
Supports path variables.
Conditional: only allowed if fileName is set.
Example: "image.jpg"
Type: String
Min Length: 0
Max Length: 512
If true then path variables like {UTC_DATE} in the fileName will be replaced. You can escape { characters with a \.
If false then path variables like {UTC_DATE} in the fileName will be taken literally.
Default: true
Type: Boolean
The path to upload the file to (including the file's name).
Must begin with / and should end with the file's name.
Does not support path variables.
Conditional: only include if both fileName and folderPath are not set.
Example: "/uploads/image.jpg"
Type: String
Min Length: 0
Max Length: 512
The path to upload the file to (excluding the file's name).
Must begin with / but should not end with /.
Supports path variables.
Conditional: only allowed if filePath is not set.
Example: "/uploads"
Type: String
Min Length: 0
Max Length: 512
If true then path variables like {UTC_DATE} in the folderPath will be replaced. You can escape { characters with a \.
If false then path variables like {UTC_DATE} in the folderPath will be taken literally.
Default: true
Type: Boolean
The file's original name on the user's device.
Example: "example.jpg"
Type: String
Min Length: 1
Max Length: 255
The tags you specify here determine which rules will be executed for the upload.
You create rules in the Bytescale Dashboard, and choose which tags trigger each rule.
Rules include: max file size checks, traffic limit checks, rate limit checks, etc.
This parameter can be set multiple times.
Example: "example_tag"
Type: String
Add one of these Authorization header values to your request:
•Option 1: prefix "Bearer " to your API key. The result is your Authorization header value.
•Option 2: use HTTP basic authorization with apikey as your username and your API key as your password.
For advanced options, please see:
https://www.bytescale.com/docs/auth
Type: String
The size of the file in bytes.
You must specify this header unless you're using chunked transfer encoding (i.e. Transfer-Encoding: chunked).
Example: 43182
Type: Integer
Minimum: 0
The MIME type of the file (or data).
Example: "image/jpeg"
Type: String
Min Length: 3
Max Length: 255
Arbitrary JSON to store against the file as metadata.
You can retrieve this later via a GetFileDetails request.
Header value must be a complex JSON object, and not wrapped in quotes, e.g. { "hello": "world" }
Type: FileMetadata
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