API version 1.1

Our API enables programmatic file uploads, allowing you to seamlessly integrate our uploading functionality into your own applications.

Key

Get your own API key under your settings.

Request method

API V1 calls can be made using POST or GET request methods.

The POST request method is recommended.

Request URL

Authorization

API V1.1 supports header authorization by passing an API key in the X-API-Key header.

Parameters

source

A binary file, base64 data, or a URL for an image.

key (optional)

The API key. You can use this parameter if unable to provide auth via headers.

title (optional)

File title. This is automatically detected from metadata if not provided.

description (optional)

File description. This is automatically detected from metadata if not provided.

tags (optional)

File tag(s). Comma separated list of tags.

album_id (optional)

File album id, must be owned by the API key user.

category_id (optional)

Category id. Determines the file category to assign.

width (optional)

Target width after resizing; the height is calculated automatically.

expiration (optional)

Expiration time to auto-delete the file in date interval format. For example, PT5M for five minutes in the future. P3D for three days in the future.

format (optional)

Return format [json, redirect, txt].

use_file_date (optional, admin only)

Configure to use file date taken (Exif) instead of upload date [0, 1].

Example call

API response

API V1 responses depend on the format parameter (json, txt, redirect). JSON responses (the default) include status_txt and status_code properties.

Example response (JSON)

{
  "status_code": 200,
  "success": {
    "message": "file uploaded",
    "code": 200
  },
  "image": {
    "name": "Badgers-animated-music-video",
    "extension": "mp4",
    "size": 3011299,
    "width": 496,
    "height": 360,
    "date": "2024-10-10 16:58:00",
    "date_gmt": "2024-10-10 19:58:00",
    "title": "Badgers animated music video MrWeebl",
    "tags": [],
    "description": null,
    "storage_mode": "datefolder",
    "checksum": "7a120d5c28de264bdbb934f023a628fd",
    "source_checksum": null,
    "original_filename": "Badgers _ animated music video _ MrWeebl.mp4",
    "original_exifdata": null,
    "views": 0,
    "category_id": null,
    "chain": 21,
    "thumb_size": 21212,
    "medium_size": 0,
    "frame_size": 19804,
    "expiration_date_gmt": "2024-10-10 20:28:00",
    "likes": 0,
    "is_animated": 0,
    "is_approved": 1,
    "is_360": 0,
    "duration": 73,
    "type": "video",
    "tags_string": "",
    "file": {
      "resource": {
        "type": "url"
      }
    },
    "id_encoded": "ZfGd",
    "filename": "Badgers-animated-music-video.mp4",
    "mime": "video/mp4",
    "url": "http://localhost/images/2024/10/10/Badgers-animated-music-video.mp4",
    "ratio": 1.3777777777777778,
    "size_formatted": "3 MB",
    "frame": {
      "filename": "Badgers-animated-music-video.fr.jpeg",
      "name": "Badgers-animated-music-video.fr",
      "mime": "image/jpeg",
      "extension": "jpeg",
      "url": "http://localhost/images/2024/10/10/Badgers-animated-music-video.fr.jpeg",
      "size": 19804
    },
    "image": {
      "filename": "Badgers-animated-music-video.mp4",
      "name": "Badgers-animated-music-video",
      "mime": "video/mp4",
      "extension": "mp4",
      "url": "http://localhost/images/2024/10/10/Badgers-animated-music-video.mp4",
      "size": 3011299
    },
    "thumb": {
      "filename": "Badgers-animated-music-video.th.jpeg",
      "name": "Badgers-animated-music-video.th",
      "mime": "image/jpeg",
      "extension": "jpeg",
      "url": "http://localhost/images/2024/10/10/Badgers-animated-music-video.th.jpeg",
      "size": 21212
    },
    "url_frame": "http://localhost/images/2024/10/10/Badgers-animated-music-video.fr.jpeg",
    "medium": {
      "filename": null,
      "name": null,
      "mime": null,
      "extension": null,
      "url": null
    },
    "duration_time": "01:13",
    "url_viewer": "http://localhost/clip/Badgers-animated-music-video-MrWeebl.ZfGd",
    "path_viewer": "/clip/Badgers-animated-music-video-MrWeebl.ZfGd",
    "url_short": "http://localhost/clip/ZfGd",
    "display_url": "http://localhost/images/2024/10/10/Badgers-animated-music-video.fr.jpeg",
    "display_width": 496,
    "display_height": 360,
    "views_label": "views",
    "likes_label": "likes",
    "how_long_ago": "moments ago",
    "date_fixed_peer": "2024-10-10 19:58:00",
    "title_truncated": "Badgers animated music vi...",
    "title_truncated_html": "Badgers animated music vi...",
    "is_use_loader": false,
    "display_title": "Badgers animated music video MrWeebl",
    "delete_url": "http://localhost/clip/ZfGd/delete/e8b07479818bc58d3b9849c431e9c2b28827ccce7809ed4f"
  },
  "status_txt": "OK"
}

Example response (text)

Example response (redirect)