<PartnerPortalWarning />

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> ⚠️ All media files sent through this endpoint are encrypted and persist for 30 days, unless they are deleted earlier.

## Request Parameters

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  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th style={{ textAlign: "left" }}>Key</th>
      <th style={{ textAlign: "left" }}>Description</th>
      <th style={{ textAlign: "left" }}>Values</th>
      <th style={{ textAlign: "left" }}>Data Type</th>
      <th style={{ textAlign: "left" }}>Required/Optional</th>
      <th style={{ textAlign: "left" }}>Constraints</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td style={{ textAlign: "left" }}>Authorization</td>
      <td style={{ textAlign: "left" }}>Access Token for the application</td>
      <td style={{ textAlign: "left" }}>`{{PARTNER_APP_TOKEN}}`</td>
      <td style={{ textAlign: "left" }}>String</td>
      <td style={{ textAlign: "left" }}>Required</td>
      <td style={{ textAlign: "left" }}>Should be a valid Partner App Access Token.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td style={{ textAlign: "left" }}>appId</td>
      <td style={{ textAlign: "left" }}>App ID to fetch the access token</td>
      <td style={{ textAlign: "left" }}>`{{App_ID}}`</td>
      <td style={{ textAlign: "left" }}>String</td>
      <td style={{ textAlign: "left" }}>Required</td>
      <td style={{ textAlign: "left" }}>The ID should be a valid appId of Gupshup</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td style={{ textAlign: "left" }}>file_type</td>
      <td style={{ textAlign: "left" }}>File type to generate media id</td>
      <td style={{ textAlign: "left" }}>image/png</td>
      <td style={{ textAlign: "left" }}>String</td>
      <td style={{ textAlign: "left" }}>Required</td>
      <td style={{ textAlign: "left" }}>Param file must be a file with one of the following types:  
        `audio/aac, audio/mp4, audio/mpeg, audio/amr, audio/ogg, audio/opus, application/vnd.ms-powerpoint, application/msword, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet, application/pdf, text/plain, application/vnd.ms-excel, image/jpeg, image/png, image/webp, video/mp4, video/3gpp. Received file of type ''.`
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td style={{ textAlign: "left" }}>file</td>
      <td style={{ textAlign: "left" }}>File path to upload file</td>
      <td style={{ textAlign: "left" }}>`/path/to/file`</td>
      <td style={{ textAlign: "left" }}>File</td>
      <td style={{ textAlign: "left" }}>Required</td>
      <td style={{ textAlign: "left" }}>Should be valid file path  
        File size should not be more than 100 MB
      </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</Table>

## Sample Request

```curl
curl --location --request POST 'https://partner.gupshup.io/partner/app/{{APP_ID}}/media' \
--header 'token: {{PARTNER_APP_TOKEN}}' \
--form 'file_type="{{FILE_TYPE}}"' \
--form 'file=@"/path/to/file"'

Sample Response

{
    "mediaId": "<mediaId>",
    "status": "success"
}

Status Codes

Status Code	Response	Comments
Success
200	`{ "mediaId": "<mediaId>", "status": "success" }`
Error
400	`{ "message": "Only CAPI apps allowed to generate media ID", "status": "error" }`	Bad Request when app is non CAPI
413	`{ "message": "File size exceeds the maximum limit!", "status": "error" }`	Supported 100 MB file size
500	`{ "message": "Unable to upload requested Media", "status": "error" }`	Internal Error occurred. Try after some time. If issue persists contact support team.