> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Upload media file

> Upload a file and get a file key. The file will be automatically deleted after 24 hours.

Uploads a file to the server and returns a file key. Use this file key in the [Transcribe](/api-reference/transcribe) endpoint as the `url` field. Files are automatically deleted after 24 hours. The same file key can be used to transcribe the same file multiple times.


## OpenAPI

````yaml POST /upload
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Spectropic API
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.spectropic.ai/v1
security:
  - Bearer: []
paths:
  /upload:
    post:
      tags:
        - Upload
      summary: Upload a file
      description: >-
        Upload a file and get a file key. The file will be automatically deleted
        after 24 hours.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                file: {}
              required:
                - file
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  fileKey:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - fileKey
        '400':
          description: Validation failed
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  requestId:
                    type: string
                    format: uuid
                  message:
                    type: string
                  errors:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        message:
                          type: string
                        field:
                          type: string
                      required:
                        - message
                        - field
                required:
                  - requestId
                  - message
                  - errors
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  requestId:
                    type: string
                    format: uuid
                  message:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - requestId
                  - message
        '402':
          description: Payment required
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  requestId:
                    type: string
                    format: uuid
                  message:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - requestId
                  - message
        '404':
          description: Not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  requestId:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - requestId
                  - message
        '422':
          description: Validation failed
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  requestId:
                    type: string
                    format: uuid
                  message:
                    type: string
                  errors:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        message:
                          type: string
                        field:
                          type: string
                      required:
                        - message
                        - field
                required:
                  - requestId
                  - message
                  - errors
        '429':
          description: Rate limited
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  requestId:
                    type: string
                    format: uuid
                  message:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - requestId
                  - message
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  requestId:
                    type: string
                    format: uuid
                  message:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - requestId
                  - message
components:
  securitySchemes:
    Bearer:
      type: http
      description: 'API key authentication. Add your API key with format: Bearer <API_KEY>'
      scheme: bearer

````