---
title: "Create format, file_set, and file for edit proxy if storage has edit proxy transcoder configured"
method: POST
path: "/v1/assets/{asset_id}/files/{file_id}/edit_proxies/"
---

# Create format, file_set, and file for edit proxy if storage has edit proxy transcoder configured

`POST /v1/assets/{asset_id}/files/{file_id}/edit_proxies/`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://app.iconik.io/API/files`
- URL: `https://app.iconik.io/API/files/v1/assets/{asset_id}/files/{file_id}/edit_proxies/`
- Auth: none declared. Required headers: `App-ID`, `Auth-Token`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/iconik/apis/iconik-files/docs/v1/assets/:asset_id/files/:file_id/edit_proxies/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Required roles:
 - can_create_transcode_jobs
- can_write_files

## Path parameters

- `asset_id` string, required
- `file_id` string, required

## Headers

- `App-ID` string, required
- `Auth-Token` string, required

## Request body

- EditProxySchema
  - `allow_mxf` boolean, nullable
  - `directory_path` string, nullable, required
  - `file_suffix` string, nullable
  - `force_storage_id` boolean
  - `height` integer, required
  - `ignore_transcoder_settings` boolean
  - `keep_extension` boolean, nullable
  - `name` string, required
  - `storage_id` string, uuid, required
  - `version_id` string, uuid, required
  - `width` integer, required

## Response `201`

Returns the edit proxy file and transcode settings

- EditProxyResponseSchema
  - `audio_bitrate` integer
  - `audio_codec` string
  - `bitrate` integer
  - `codec` string
  - `directory_path` string
  - `file_set_id` string, uuid
  - `format_id` string, uuid
  - `gop_length_seconds` number
  - `height` integer
  - `id` string, uuid
  - `name` string
  - `transcoder_id` string, uuid
  - `type` string
  - `width` integer

## Other responses

- `204`: No edit proxy created
- `400`: Bad request
- `401`: Token is invalid
- `404`: File or format doesn't exist
- `default`: Error response

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/iconik/apis/iconik-files.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/iconik/apis/iconik-files/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/iconik/apis/iconik-files/revisions/ed57d13791a2?raw)