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POST /v1/file/upload/base64

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Attributes

Attributes are case-sensitive and should be inside JSON for POST request. for example: { "url": "https://example.com/file1.pdf" }

AttributeTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
filestringYes-Base64-encoded file bytes.
namestringNo-File name for the generated output, the input must be in string format.
expirationintegerNo60Set the expiration time for the output link in minutes. After this specified duration, any generated output file(s) will be automatically deleted from PDF.co Temporary Files Storage. The maximum duration for link expiration varies based on your current subscription plan. To store permanent input files (e.g. re-usable images, pdf templates, documents) consider using PDF.co Built-In Files Storage.

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Query parameters

No query parameters accepted.

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Responses

ParameterTypeDescription
urlstringDirect URL to the final PDF file stored in S3.
outputLinkValidTillstringTimestamp indicating when the output link will expire
errorbooleanIndicates whether an error occurred (false means success)
statusstringStatus code of the request (200, 404, 500, etc.). For more information, see Response Codes.
namestringName of the output file
creditsintegerNumber of credits consumed by the request
remainingCreditsintegerNumber of credits remaining in the account
durationintegerTime taken for the operation in milliseconds

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Example Response

To see the main response codes, please refer to the Response Codes page.

{
  "url": "https://pdf-temp-files.s3.amazonaws.com/7588d614c9ad41eb98ec317a02abda63/uploadfile.txt",
  "error": false,
  "status": 200,
  "remainingCredits": 77769
}

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Code Samples

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.pdf.co/v1/file/upload/base64'
--header 'x-api-key: *******************'
--form 'file="data:image/gif;base64,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"'