---
title: "Upload a file to be used across various endpoints, such as Assistant (<2M tokens), Fine-Tuning, and Batch (<100 MB). Total size of your bucket is 100 GB."
method: POST
path: "/files"
tags: ["Files"]
---

# Upload a file to be used across various endpoints, such as Assistant (<2M tokens), Fine-Tuning, and Batch (<100 MB). Total size of your bucket is 100 GB.

`POST /files`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://gateway.obiguard.ai/v1`
- URL: `https://gateway.obiguard.ai/v1/files`
- Auth: none declared

## Request body `multipart/form-data`

- CreateFileRequest
  - `file` string, binary, required: The File object (not file name) to be uploaded.
  - `purpose` 'assistants' | 'batch' | 'fine-tune' | 'vision', required: The intended purpose of the uploaded file. Use "assistants" for [Assistants](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/assistants) and [Message](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/messages) files, "vision" for Assistants image file inputs, "batch" for [Batch API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/batch), and "fine-tune" for [Fine-tuning](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/fine-tuning).

## Response `200`

OK

- OpenAIFile: The `File` object represents a document that has been uploaded to OpenAI.
  - `id` string, required: The file identifier, which can be referenced in the API endpoints.
  - `bytes` integer, required: The size of the file, in bytes.
  - `created_at` integer, required: The Unix timestamp (in seconds) for when the file was created.
  - `filename` string, required: The name of the file.
  - `object` 'file', required: The object type, which is always `file`.
  - `purpose` 'assistants' | 'assistants_output' | 'batch' | 'batch_output' | 'fine-tune' | 'fine-tune-results' | 'vision', required: The intended purpose of the file. Supported values are `assistants`, `assistants_output`, `batch`, `batch_output`, `fine-tune`, `fine-tune-results` and `vision`.
  - `status` 'uploaded' | 'processed' | 'error', required: Deprecated. The current status of the file, which can be either `uploaded`, `processed`, or `error`.
  - `status_details` string: Deprecated. For details on why a fine-tuning training file failed validation, see the `error` field on `fine_tuning.job`.

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