Upload file API
ImageKit.io allows you to upload a file (image and non-image) via API.
API v1
Based on your requirement, you can either:
- 1.
- 2.Upload file from client-side (in Javascript, or Android or iPhone app) using signature-based authentication.
Both methods use the same endpoint, but there is a slight change in the request bodies.
API v2
Based on your requirement, you can either:
- 1.
- 2.File upload from client-side (secure) (in Javascript or any client side application) using JSON Web Token authentication.
Both methods use the same endpoint, but there is a slight change in the request bodies.
File size limit
The maximum upload file size is limited to 25MB on the free plan. On paid plan, this limit is 300MB for video files.
ImageKit.io allows you to upload a file with the following mime types:
Allowed file types | Description |
|---|---|
jpg | JPG image file format |
jpeg | JPEG image file format |
png | PNG image files |
webp | WebP image files |
gif | GIF image files |
svg | SVG image files |
heif | HEIF image files |
heic | HEIC image files |
bmp | BMP image files |
flif | FLIF image files |
arw | ARW image files |
tif | TIF files |
tiff | TIFF files |
pdf | PDF documents |
js | Javascript files |
mjs | MJS javascript files |
css | CSS files |
php | PHP files |
py | PY files |
yml | YML files |
yaml | YAML files |
woff2 | Font files |
woff | Font files |
ttf | Font files |
otf | Font files |
eot | Font files |
ps | PostScript files |
txt | Text files |
mp4 | MP4 video files |
webm | WebM video files |
mov | Movie files |
swf | SWF files |
ts | Video files |
m3u8 | Video playlist files |
json | JSON files |
xml | XML files |
rss | RSS files |
html | HTML files |
mp3 | MP3 audio files |
m4a | M4A audio files |
wav | WAV audio files |
doc | Microsoft doc files |
ppt | Microsoft ppt files |
xls | Microsoft xls files |
docx | Microsoft docx files |
pptx | Microsoft pptx files |
xlsx | Microsoft xlsx files |
eps | EPS vector files |
eps3 | EPS3 vector files |
indd | INDD files |
ai | AI vector files |
bw | BW graphic files |
psd | PSD files |
rtf | RTF document files |
EPT | EPT files |
glb | GLB 3D files |
dxf | DXF 3D files |
3ds | 3DS 3D files |
obj | OBJ 3D files |
stl | STL 3D files |
fbx | FBX 3D files |
ply | PLY 3D files |
gltf | GLTF 3D files |
djvu | DJVU files |
dng | DNG files |
appimage | APPIMAGE files |
The upload API can upload one file at a time. To upload files in bulk, write a program to loop through files and call upload API repeatedly. Leverage ImageKit.io server-side SDKs to implement bulk upload program.
Last modified 2mo ago