---
title: "Add Document"
method: POST
path: "/documents"
tags: ["Documents / Entity"]
---

# Add Document

`POST /documents`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.forcemanager.com/api/v4`
- URL: `https://api.forcemanager.com/api/v4/documents`
- Auth: API key in header `X-Session-Key`

This endpoint allows you to upload a Document based on JSON input.

You will only be able to upload a Document after first providing the Session Key. To know how you can obtain the Session Key, [go to Authentication](#tag/authentication/POST/login).

**HEADERS**

| **Parameter** | **Value** | **Description** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Content-Type | application/json | Language in which all request and response bodies are encoded |
| Accept | \*/\* | Any data of whatever mime type is accepted |
| X-Session-Key | AUTH_TOKEN | This field must be completed with the token obtained at the authentication |

**REQUEST BODY**

| **Attribute** | **Type** | **Description** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| folderId (*Required*) | String | Set the value -1 if you want to upload the Document in the Root folder, otherwise set the Folder's ID if you want to upload the file in a specific folder |
| name (*Required*) | String | The Document's name |

**RESPONSE**

| **Attribute** | **Type** | **Description** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| locator | String | The url you should upload the Document (check table below). |
| id | Integer | The ID assigned to the Document in the ForceManager Database |

IMPORTANT: To upload your file to ForceManager storage you must do a **PUT request** with the **binary data** you want to upload and set the following headers:

| **Attribute** | **Value** | **Description** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Content-Type | application/octet-stream | Binary file specification |
| Content-Length | {file.size} | It is the size of the file you are going to upload, in bytes |

The endpoint to invoke with the PUT request is the one returned by this API call under the `locator` field.

**RESPONSE CODES**

| **Status** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| 200 OK | Shows if operation succeeded |
| 400 Bad Request | Shows when an invalid request or the requested service is not available |

## Headers

- `Accept` string

## Request body

- object
  - `folderId` string
  - `name` string

## Response `200`

Upload Document

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