REST API v4: POST media library files

By sending an HTTP POST request to the following URL it is possible to import data:

https://api.copernica.com/v4/medialibrary/$id/files

In this, $id should be replaced by the numerical identifier, the ID, or the name of the media library you want to add the file/image to.

File upload

To upload files to the REST API you can use HTTP POST requests. But beware, the content-type of the calls, unlike the other POST calls, must be set to "multipart/form-data". The body data of the request must also be sent in this multipart format (and not in JSON or application/x-www-form-urlencoded format as with the other POST calls).

The name you give to the variables is irrelevant. In our examples we use "file", but this can be anything. The content-type that you give to the file may be relevant, because images can be processed differently than regular files. This is especially relevant when uploading to a media library.

If you use PHP and CURL, CURL takes care of this for you. By making a CURL call with CURLFile objects, PHP/CURL will automatically switch to multipart encoding.

PHP example

The following example demonstrates how to use this method.

// the file to upload (with absolute path)
$file = "/home/path/to/file.ext";

// ID of the media library we want to upload the file to
$ID = 4;

// the access token 
$token = 'xxx';

// the API endpoint for file uploads
$url = "https://api.copernica.com/v4/medialibrary/{$ID}/files";

// open cURL session
$ch = curl_init($url);

// set POST type
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);

// set content-type to multipart/form-data
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type: multipart/form-data'));

// append the file
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, ['file' => new CURLFile($file, mime_content_type($file)]);

// execute the request
curl_exec($ch);

// close the cURL handle
curl_close($ch);

The example above requires the CopernicaRestApi class.

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