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# Upload media securely

POST https://app.resemble.ai/api/v2/secure_uploads
Content-Type: multipart/form-data

Upload a media file and receive a short-lived token that can be passed to
downstream endpoints (such as `/detect` and `/intelligence`) in place of a
public URL. The returned token is a JWT that expires 1 hour after issuance.

Keeping uploads private avoids exposing source media on the open internet and
means you do not need to host files yourself for jobs that only need the API
to read them once.


Reference: https://docs.resemble.ai/api-reference/secure-uploads/create-secure-upload

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — API key from https://app.resemble.ai/hub/api

## Request

### Body (multipart/form-data)

This endpoint expects a multipart form containing a file.

- `file` (file, required) — The media file to upload (audio, image, or video).

## Response

### 200

Upload accepted

- `success` (boolean, optional)
- `token` (string, optional) — JWT referencing the uploaded file. Valid for 1 hour. Pass this value as `media_token` on downstream requests.

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Bad request

- `success` (boolean, optional)
- `error` (string, optional)
- `errors` (map from string to list of string, optional)
- `message` (string, optional)

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized

- `success` (boolean, optional)
- `error` (string, optional)
- `errors` (map from string to list of string, optional)
- `message` (string, optional)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "file": "<file: string>"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "token": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9..."
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://app.resemble.ai/api/v2/secure_uploads"

files = { "file": "open('string', 'rb')" }
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.post(url, files=files, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://app.resemble.ai/api/v2/secure_uploads';
const form = new FormData();
form.append('file', 'string');

const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

options.body = form;

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://app.resemble.ai/api/v2/secure_uploads"

	payload := strings.NewReader("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"string\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.resemble.ai/api/v2/secure_uploads")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request.body = "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"string\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://app.resemble.ai/api/v2/secure_uploads")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .body("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"string\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://app.resemble.ai/api/v2/secure_uploads', [
  'multipart' => [
    [
        'name' => 'file',
        'filename' => 'string',
        'contents' => null
    ]
  ]
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://app.resemble.ai/api/v2/secure_uploads");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddParameter("undefined", "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"string\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]
let parameters = [
  [
    "name": "file",
    "fileName": "string"
  ]
]

let boundary = "---011000010111000001101001"

var body = ""
var error: NSError? = nil
for param in parameters {
  let paramName = param["name"]!
  body += "--\(boundary)\r\n"
  body += "Content-Disposition:form-data; name=\"\(paramName)\""
  if let filename = param["fileName"] {
    let contentType = param["content-type"]!
    let fileContent = String(contentsOfFile: filename, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8)
    if (error != nil) {
      print(error as Any)
    }
    body += "; filename=\"\(filename)\"\r\n"
    body += "Content-Type: \(contentType)\r\n\r\n"
    body += fileContent
  } else if let paramValue = param["value"] {
    body += "\r\n\r\n\(paramValue)"
  }
}

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://app.resemble.ai/api/v2/secure_uploads")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```