---
title: "Upload a global file"
method: POST
path: "/v1/files"
tags: ["Files"]
---

# Upload a global file

`POST /v1/files`

Uploads a file to global storage via `multipart/form-data` with a `file` field that accepts either binary data or a URL string to download from, and an optional `path` field for the file storage path.

## Response `201`

Default Response

- FileDetails
  - `lastModified` string, date-time, required — Timestamp when the file was created
  - `path` string, required — Path to the file in the storage system
  - `size` number, required — Size of the file in bytes

## Other responses

- `400` — An error response from the API
- `401` — An error response from the API
- `415` — An error response from the API
- `500` — An error response from the API

## Changes

- **2026-06-16** `7b73b0d57792` — 1 breaking
  - request body became required
- **2026-06-07** `4985d7bcd32f` — 4 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `401`
  - added the optional property `linkToDocs` to the response with the `400` status
  - added the optional property `linkToDocs` to the response with the `415` status
  - added the optional property `linkToDocs` to the response with the `500` status
- **2026-01-08** `97dcad9b050e` — 2 breaking, 5 info
  - the request property `file` became required
  - the `file` request property contentEncoding changed from `` to `binary`
  - the `file` request property type/format was generalized from ``/`` to `string`/`binary`
  - the response property `context/items/params` became required for the status `400`
  - …3 more
- **2025-08-11** `15ffd3fc04f3` — 1 breaking, 4 info
  - removed the success response with the status `200`
  - added the non-success response with the status `400`
  - added the non-success response with the status `415`
  - added the non-success response with the status `500`
  - …1 more
- **2025-05-30** `d5a9cdf80ea2` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/steel-dev/apis/steel-api/changes/v1/files/post.md)

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