Upload a file directly

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.smartlyq.com/v1/media/upload-direct \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
  --form file='@example-file'

import requests

url = "https://api.smartlyq.com/v1/media/upload-direct"

files = { "file": ("example-file", open("example-file", "rb")) }
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.post(url, files=files, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const form = new FormData();
form.append('file', '<string>');

const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

options.body = form;

fetch('https://api.smartlyq.com/v1/media/upload-direct', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.smartlyq.com/v1/media/upload-direct",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: multipart/form-data"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.smartlyq.com/v1/media/upload-direct"

	payload := strings.NewReader("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.smartlyq.com/v1/media/upload-direct")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .body("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.smartlyq.com/v1/media/upload-direct")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request.body = "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "a1b2c3d4e5f60718293a4b5c6d7e8f90",
    "url": "https://cdn.smartlyq.com/uploads/12/2026/07/launch.mp4",
    "filename": "launch.mp4",
    "extension": "mp4",
    "content_type": "video/mp4",
    "type": "video",
    "size": 48213004,
    "created_at": "2026-07-27T10:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "INVALID_API_KEY",
    "message": "Missing or malformed Authorization header",
    "details": {}
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_9f3a2b1c-7d4e-4a08-b2c6-5e1f8a9d0c34",
    "timestamp": "2026-07-26T09:41:22Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Missing required fields: content, platforms.",
    "details": {
      "fields": [
        "content",
        "platforms"
      ]
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_9f3a2b1c-7d4e-4a08-b2c6-5e1f8a9d0c34",
    "timestamp": "2026-07-26T09:41:22Z"
  }
}