Start a file upload

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.vturb.com/v1/files \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "My thumbnail",
  "filename": "mythumbnail.jpg",
  "content_type": "image/jpeg",
  "size": 184856,
  "checksum": "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
  "folder_id": "6890000000000000000000a1"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.vturb.com/v1/files"

payload = {
    "name": "My thumbnail",
    "filename": "mythumbnail.jpg",
    "content_type": "image/jpeg",
    "size": 184856,
    "checksum": "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
    "folder_id": "6890000000000000000000a1"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: 'My thumbnail',
    filename: 'mythumbnail.jpg',
    content_type: 'image/jpeg',
    size: 184856,
    checksum: 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa',
    folder_id: '6890000000000000000000a1'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.vturb.com/v1/files', 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.vturb.com/v1/files",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'name' => 'My thumbnail',
    'filename' => 'mythumbnail.jpg',
    'content_type' => 'image/jpeg',
    'size' => 184856,
    'checksum' => 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa',
    'folder_id' => '6890000000000000000000a1'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($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.vturb.com/v1/files"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"My thumbnail\",\n  \"filename\": \"mythumbnail.jpg\",\n  \"content_type\": \"image/jpeg\",\n  \"size\": 184856,\n  \"checksum\": \"aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa\",\n  \"folder_id\": \"6890000000000000000000a1\"\n}")

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	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.vturb.com/v1/files")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"My thumbnail\",\n  \"filename\": \"mythumbnail.jpg\",\n  \"content_type\": \"image/jpeg\",\n  \"size\": 184856,\n  \"checksum\": \"aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa\",\n  \"folder_id\": \"6890000000000000000000a1\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.vturb.com/v1/files")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"My thumbnail\",\n  \"filename\": \"mythumbnail.jpg\",\n  \"content_type\": \"image/jpeg\",\n  \"size\": 184856,\n  \"checksum\": \"aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa\",\n  \"folder_id\": \"6890000000000000000000a1\"\n}"

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

{
  "id": "0190a0b0-0000-7000-8000-000000000001",
  "status": "awaiting_upload",
  "upload": {
    "url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/vturb-uploads/org_123/x/original.jpg?x-amz-checksum-sha256=qqq%3D&X-Amz-Signature=abc",
    "expires_at": "2026-08-13T12:15:00Z"
  },
  "complete_url": "/v1/files/0190a0b0-0000-7000-8000-000000000001/upload/completion"
}

{
  "type": "https://docs.vturb.com/errors/unauthorized",
  "code": "unauthorized",
  "message": "Missing or invalid API credential. Send a vt_ token in the Authorization header.",
  "request_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
}

{
  "type": "https://docs.vturb.com/errors/forbidden",
  "code": "forbidden",
  "message": "The credential is missing the scope this action requires.",
  "request_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
}

{
  "type": "https://docs.vturb.com/errors/unprocessable_content",
  "code": "unprocessable_content",
  "message": "The request is invalid. See errors for the fields that failed.",
  "request_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
  "errors": [
    {
      "field": "checksum",
      "message": "must be a 64-char hex SHA-256"
    },
    {
      "field": "size",
      "message": "is not a number"
    }
  ]
}