---
title: "POST /v1/vms/images/start_upload"
method: POST
path: "/v1/vms/images/start_upload"
tags: ["VMs"]
---

# POST /v1/vms/images/start_upload

`POST /v1/vms/images/start_upload`

## Request body

- VmorchStartMultipartUploadRequest — Request body for starting a multipart upload
  - `name` string, required — Name of the image file. Must be unique per account.

## Response `200`

Image upload started successfully

- VmorchStartMultipartUploadResponse — Response body for starting a multipart upload
  - `object` 'image', required
  - `image_id` string, required — The image ID for the created image

## Other responses

- `400`
- `401`
- `403`
- `409`
- `500`

---

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