---
title: "Upload a document to a patient's chart (FOOD-1379)"
method: POST
path: "/patients/{patient_id}/documents"
tags: ["patients"]
---

# Upload a document to a patient's chart (FOOD-1379)

`POST /patients/{patient_id}/documents`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.rxfoodapp.com/api`
- URL: `https://api.rxfoodapp.com/api/patients/{patient_id}/documents`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

## Path parameters

- `patient_id` integer, required

## Request body `multipart/form-data`

- object
  - `file` string, binary, required: PDF, PNG, or JPEG; max 20 MB
  - `hospital_id` integer, required
  - `note` string, nullable
  - `title` string, nullable
  - `visible_to_patient` boolean, nullable

## Response `201`

document created

- PatientDocumentResponse
  - `content_type` string, required
  - `created_time` string, date-time, required
  - `filename` string, required
  - `hospital_id` integer, required
  - `id` integer, required
  - `note` string, nullable
  - `patient_id` integer, required
  - `size_bytes` integer, required
  - `title` string, nullable
  - `updated_time` string, date-time, required
  - `uploaded_by_role` 'clinician' | 'patient' | 'internal', required
  - `uploaded_by_user_id` integer, required
  - `visible_to_patient` boolean, required

## Changes

- **2026-10-02** `c3d8e22b22e8`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/rxfoodapp/apis/inneranalytics-mnt-server/changes/patients/:patient_id/documents/post.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/rxfoodapp/apis/inneranalytics-mnt-server.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/rxfoodapp/apis/inneranalytics-mnt-server/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/rxfoodapp/apis/inneranalytics-mnt-server/revisions/c3d8e22b22e8?raw)