Ingest files into Uploadcare both via direct client upload and by fetching from a remote URL, then manage the resulting files through the REST API
domain: uploadcare.com · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
For direct uploads, POST file data to the Upload API (or use Uploadcare's widget/SDK) to receive a file UUID once the upload completes
For remote ingestion, POST the source URL to the `/from_url/` Upload API endpoint, which returns a `token` for tracking the async fetch rather than the file UUID itself
Poll the `/from_url/status/` endpoint with that token until the fetch completes, at which point the response includes the actual file UUID to use going forward
Pass `save_URL_duplicates`/`check_URL_duplicates` parameters on `/from_url/` calls if you want Uploadcare to deduplicate repeated fetches of the same source URL instead of creating a new file each time
Use the REST API (base `https://api.uploadcare.com/`, all paths ending in `/`) to manage the resulting files afterward — read metadata, organize into groups, or delete files as needed
Known gotchas
The token returned by `/from_url/` is not a file ID and cannot be used to address the file directly — you must poll `/from_url/status/` to obtain the real file UUID
Without explicitly requesting duplicate-checking, every call to `/from_url/` with the same source URL creates a brand-new file, silently multiplying storage usage
REST API URLs must end with a trailing slash — omitting it is a common source of unexpected 404s when hand-building request paths
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