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Files

Upload File
POST/v1/files
List Files
GET/v1/files
Download File
GET/v1/files/{file_id}/content
Get File Metadata
GET/v1/files/{file_id}
Delete File
DELETE/v1/files/{file_id}
Models
DeletedFile object{ type: "file_deleted", id }
type: optional "file_deleted"

Deleted object type.

For file deletion, this is always "file_deleted".

defaultfile_deleted
id: string

ID of the deleted file.

FileMetadata object{ type: "file", id, created_at, 5 more }
type: "file"

Object type.

For files, this is always "file".

id: string

Unique object identifier.

The format and length of IDs may change over time.

created_at: string

RFC 3339 datetime string representing when the file was created.

formatdate-time
filename: string

Original filename of the uploaded file.

minLength1
maxLength500
mime_type: string

MIME type of the file.

minLength1
maxLength255
size_bytes: number

Size of the file in bytes.

minimum0
downloadable: optional boolean

Whether the file can be downloaded.

defaultfalse
expires_at: optional string or null

RFC 3339 datetime string representing when the file will expire and become unavailable for download. Null if the file does not expire. For files uploaded with expires_in_seconds, this is the upload time plus that value.

formatdate-time