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POST
/
v1
/
file
/
upload
Upload Small File
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.pdf.co/v1/file/upload \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "<string>"
}
'
{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "Success",
  "url": "https://pdf-temp-files.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/output.pdf",
  "jobId": "6YSZD3U872ZYYFEDMQCQSGEEO8YSF5WA",
  "credits": 2,
  "remainingCredits": 1480582,
  "duration": 33
}

Documentation Index

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Authorizations

​
x-api-key
string
header
required

Body

application/json
​
name
string

File name for generated output.

Response

Success.

​
status
string

Status of the API response.

Example:

"success"

​
message
string

Descriptive message for the response status.

Example:

"Success"

​
url
string<uri>

URL to the output file.

Example:

"https://pdf-temp-files.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/output.pdf"

​
jobId
string

Unique identifier for the job.

Example:

"6YSZD3U872ZYYFEDMQCQSGEEO8YSF5WA"

​
credits
integer

Credits used for this operation.

Example:

2

​
remainingCredits
integer

Credits remaining after this operation.

Example:

1480582

​
duration
integer

Time taken to complete the request, in milliseconds.

Example:

33