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Create File Upload

Create a resumable upload session and receive either a signed PUT URL or multipart instructions.

POST/api/v2/files/uploads
X-API-Key<token>

Your Sim API key, personal or workspace-scoped. Generate one under Settings, then API Keys. Operations that reject workspace keys say so in their own description.

In: header

Request Body

application/json

File metadata required to create an upload session.

TypeScript Definitions

Use the request body type in TypeScript.

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X POST "https://www.sim.ai/api/v2/files/uploads" \  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "workspaceId": "string",    "name": "string",    "contentType": "string",    "size": 0  }'
{
  "data": {
    "session": {
      "id": "string",
      "status": "uploading",
      "name": "string",
      "contentType": "string",
      "size": 0,
      "expiresAt": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "error": "string",
      "file": {
        "id": "wf_V1StGXR8z5jdHi6BmyT91",
        "name": "data.csv",
        "size": 1024,
        "type": "text/csv",
        "key": "workspace/example/data.csv",
        "folderPath": "string",
        "uploadedByEmail": "jane@example.com",
        "uploadedAt": "2026-01-15T10:30:00Z",
        "updatedAt": "2026-01-15T10:30:00Z",
        "deletedAt": "2026-01-16T09:00:00Z"
      }
    },
    "uploadToken": "string",
    "transfer": {
      "method": "put",
      "url": "http://example.com",
      "headers": {
        "property1": "string",
        "property2": "string"
      },
      "expiresAt": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
    }
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "BAD_REQUEST",
    "message": "Invalid request"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
    "message": "API key required"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "FORBIDDEN",
    "message": "Insufficient workspace permissions",
    "details": {
      "code": "INSUFFICIENT_WORKSPACE_ROLE"
    }
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "NOT_FOUND",
    "message": "Not found"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE",
    "message": "Request body is too large"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "RATE_LIMITED",
    "message": "API rate limit exceeded",
    "details": {
      "retryAfter": "2026-01-01T00:00:30.000Z"
    }
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "INTERNAL_ERROR",
    "message": "Internal server error"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE",
    "message": "Service temporarily unavailable"
  }
}