# Direct Uploads

## Create authenticated direct upload URL V2

**post** `/accounts/{account_id}/images/v2/direct_upload`

Direct uploads allow users to upload images without API keys. A common use case are web apps, client-side applications, or mobile devices where users upload content directly to Cloudflare Images. This method creates a draft record for a future image. It returns an upload URL and an image identifier. To verify if the image itself has been uploaded, send an image details request (accounts/:account_identifier/images/v1/:identifier), and check that the `draft: true` property is not present.

### Path Parameters

- `account_id: string`

  Account identifier tag.

### Returns

- `errors: array of ResponseInfo`

  - `code: number`

  - `message: string`

  - `documentation_url: optional string`

  - `source: optional object { pointer }`

    - `pointer: optional string`

- `messages: array of ResponseInfo`

  - `code: number`

  - `message: string`

  - `documentation_url: optional string`

  - `source: optional object { pointer }`

- `result: object { id, uploadURL }`

  - `id: optional string`

    Image unique identifier.

  - `uploadURL: optional string`

    The URL the unauthenticated upload can be performed to using a single HTTP POST (multipart/form-data) request.

- `success: true`

  Whether the API call was successful

  - `true`

### Example

```http
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/images/v2/direct_upload \
    -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
    -F id=this/is/my-customid \
    -F expiry=2021-01-02T02:20:00Z \
    -F requireSignedURLs=true
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "result": {
    "id": "id",
    "uploadURL": "https://upload.imagedelivery.net/FxUufywByo0m2v3xhKSiU8/e22e9e6b-c02b-42fd-c405-6c32af5fe600"
  },
  "success": true
}
```

## Domain Types

### Direct Upload Create Response

- `DirectUploadCreateResponse object { id, uploadURL }`

  - `id: optional string`

    Image unique identifier.

  - `uploadURL: optional string`

    The URL the unauthenticated upload can be performed to using a single HTTP POST (multipart/form-data) request.