---
title: "Upload File"
method: POST
path: "/api/files/upload"
---

# Upload File

`POST /api/files/upload`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.yourbeckett.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.yourbeckett.com/api/files/upload`
- Auth: none declared

Upload a file and return its ExternalLink ID.

status param: 'pending' (default, for chat uploads - hidden from files page until
referenced in a chat message) or 'active' (for direct uploads via files page).

## Query parameters

- `status` string

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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