---
title: "Start Photo Upload"
method: POST
path: "/api/field-app/jobs/{job_id}/photos"
tags: ["fieldApp"]
---

# Start Photo Upload

`POST /api/field-app/jobs/{job_id}/photos`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.electricair.io` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.electricair.io/api/field-app/jobs/{job_id}/photos`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

## Path parameters

- `job_id` integer, required

## Request body

- UploadRequest
  - `file_type` string, required
  - `original_filename` string
  - `category` string
  - `caption` string
  - `taken_at` string, date-time, nullable
  - `latitude` number, nullable
  - `longitude` number, nullable
  - `client_id` string

## Response `200`

OK

- UploadResponse
  - `media_id` integer, required
  - `presigned_url` string, required
  - `s3_key` string, required

## Changes

> 22 revisions in range; 1 not diffed.

- **2026-10-31** `30e8322650a7`: 1 info
  - added the new optional request property `client_id`
- **2026-10-28** `558d42db3b2e`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/electricair/apis/electric-air-autoquote-api/changes/api/field-app/jobs/:job_id/photos/post.md)

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