Upload File

$ llamacloud-prod files create

POST/api/v1/beta/files

Upload a file using multipart/form-data.

Set purpose to indicate how the file will be used: user_data, parse, extract, classify, split, sheet, or agent_app.

Returns the created file metadata including its ID for use in subsequent parse, extract, or classify operations.

ParametersExpand Collapse

--file: file path

Body param: The file to upload

--purpose: string

Body param: The intended purpose of the file. Valid values: 'user_data', 'parse', 'extract', 'split', 'classify', 'sheet', 'agent_app'. This determines the storage and retention policy for the file.

--organization-id: optional string

Query param

--project-id: optional string

Query param

--external-file-id: optional string

Body param: The ID of the file in the external system

ReturnsExpand Collapse

FileNewResponse: object { id, name, project_id, 5 more }

An uploaded file.

id: string

Unique file identifier

name: string

File name including extension

project_id: string

Project this file belongs to

expires_at: optional string

When the file expires and may be automatically removed. Null means no expiration.

external_file_id: optional string

Optional ID for correlating with an external system

file_type: optional string

File extension (pdf, docx, png, etc.)

last_modified_at: optional string

When the file was last modified (ISO 8601)

purpose: optional string

How the file will be used: user_data, parse, extract, classify, split, sheet, or agent_app

Upload File

llamacloud-prod files create \
  --api-key 'My API Key' \
  --file 'Example data' \
  --purpose purpose

{
  "id": "dfl-aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee",
  "name": "invoice.pdf",
  "project_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
  "expires_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "external_file_id": "ext-12345",
  "file_type": "pdf",
  "last_modified_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "purpose": "parse"
}

Returns Examples

{
  "id": "dfl-aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee",
  "name": "invoice.pdf",
  "project_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
  "expires_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "external_file_id": "ext-12345",
  "file_type": "pdf",
  "last_modified_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "purpose": "parse"
}