Upload a file

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.infery.ai/v1/files \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
  --form file='@example-file'

import requests

url = "https://api.infery.ai/v1/files"

files = { "file": ("example-file", open("example-file", "rb")) }
headers = {"Authorization": "<api-key>"}

response = requests.post(url, files=files, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const form = new FormData();
form.append('file', '<string>');

const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: '<api-key>'}};

options.body = form;

fetch('https://api.infery.ai/v1/files', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.infery.ai/v1/files",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: <api-key>",
    "Content-Type: multipart/form-data"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.infery.ai/v1/files"

	payload := strings.NewReader("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<api-key>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.infery.ai/v1/files")
  .header("Authorization", "<api-key>")
  .body("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.infery.ai/v1/files")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<api-key>'
request.body = "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "file_1hR9xTPZqK4mVLc2nJ7fY5wB",
  "object": "file",
  "bytes": 245192,
  "created_at": 1713204900,
  "filename": "report.pdf",
  "purpose": "assistants",
  "status": "processed"
}

{
  "error": {
    "message": "Model not found",
    "type": "invalid_request_error",
    "code": "model_not_found",
    "param": "model"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "message": "Model not found",
    "type": "invalid_request_error",
    "code": "model_not_found",
    "param": "model"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "message": "Model not found",
    "type": "invalid_request_error",
    "code": "model_not_found",
    "param": "model"
  }
}

POST

files

Upload a file

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.infery.ai/v1/files \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
  --form file='@example-file'

import requests

url = "https://api.infery.ai/v1/files"

files = { "file": ("example-file", open("example-file", "rb")) }
headers = {"Authorization": "<api-key>"}

response = requests.post(url, files=files, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const form = new FormData();
form.append('file', '<string>');

const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: '<api-key>'}};

options.body = form;

fetch('https://api.infery.ai/v1/files', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.infery.ai/v1/files",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: <api-key>",
    "Content-Type: multipart/form-data"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.infery.ai/v1/files"

	payload := strings.NewReader("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<api-key>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.infery.ai/v1/files")
  .header("Authorization", "<api-key>")
  .body("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.infery.ai/v1/files")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<api-key>'
request.body = "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "file_1hR9xTPZqK4mVLc2nJ7fY5wB",
  "object": "file",
  "bytes": 245192,
  "created_at": 1713204900,
  "filename": "report.pdf",
  "purpose": "assistants",
  "status": "processed"
}

{
  "error": {
    "message": "Model not found",
    "type": "invalid_request_error",
    "code": "model_not_found",
    "param": "model"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "message": "Model not found",
    "type": "invalid_request_error",
    "code": "model_not_found",
    "param": "model"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "message": "Model not found",
    "type": "invalid_request_error",
    "code": "model_not_found",
    "param": "model"
  }
}

Infery’s Files API mirrors OpenAI’s Files API exactly. Upload a file, get back a file_id, reference it in chat completions.

Upload

curl https://api.infery.ai/v1/files \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $INFERY_API_KEY" \
  -F purpose=assistants \
  -F file=@./report.pdf

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(api_key=API_KEY, base_url="https://api.infery.ai/v1")
f = client.files.create(file=open("report.pdf", "rb"), purpose="assistants")
print(f.id)  # file_abc123...

const f = await client.files.create({
  file: fs.createReadStream('./report.pdf'),
  purpose: 'assistants',
});
console.log(f.id);

Response:

{
  "id": "file_1hR9xTPZqK4mVLc2nJ7fY5wB",
  "object": "file",
  "bytes": 245192,
  "created_at": 1713204900,
  "filename": "report.pdf",
  "purpose": "assistants",
  "status": "processed"
}

Purposes

purpose	Used for
`assistants`	General-purpose attachment (most common)
`vision`	Image inputs
`user_data`	Per-user documents (RAG, analysis)
`batch`	Batch inference inputs (coming soon)

Reference in chat

{
  "messages": [{
    "role": "user",
    "content": [
      {"type": "text", "text": "Summarise this"},
      {"type": "file", "file_id": "file_abc123..."}
    ]
  }]
}

The gateway resolves the id, fetches bytes from our storage, and injects them into the provider call as inline content. Workspace-scoped: you only see files uploaded to your own workspace.

Idempotency

Idempotency-Key: my-unique-request-2026-04-15

Same key within 24 h returns the original file_id instead of uploading twice. Key format: [A-Za-z0-9_.-:]{1,255}.

Security

MIME sniffing via magic bytes — we don’t trust Content-Type. Mismatch → 400.
Workspace isolation — cross-workspace lookup returns 404 (we don’t leak existence).
Private storage — GCS objects have Cache-Control: private, max-age=0. Download only via our signed proxy.
Size and count caps — plan-based, see Plans.
Filename sanitisation — basename stripped, control chars removed, max 255 chars.

Quotas

Your plan caps:

max_file_size_bytes — single upload
max_files_per_workspace — total count
max_storage_bytes_per_workspace — total size

Response headers show your current usage: X-Storage-Used-Bytes, X-Storage-Limit-Bytes, X-Files-Used, X-Files-Limit.

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

API key in format: Bearer inf_***

Headers

Idempotency-Key

string

Same key within 24h returns the originally created file instead of uploading twice. Format: [A-Za-z0-9_.-:]{1,255}

Body

multipart/form-data

file

required

Binary file contents.

purpose

enum<string>

required

Intended use of the file.

Available options:

assistants,

vision,

user_data,

batch

Response

File uploaded successfully.

string

Example:

"file_1hR9xTPZqK4mVLc2nJ7fY5wB"

object

string

Example:

"file"

bytes

integer

Example:

245192

created_at

integer

Example:

1713204900

filename

string

Example:

"report.pdf"

purpose

enum<string>

Available options:

assistants,

vision,

user_data,

batch

Example:

"assistants"

status

string

Example:

"processed"

Music List files

Overview

Chat Completions

Embeddings

Images

Audio

Video

Music

Files

Models

Upload a file

Upload

Purposes

Reference in chat

Idempotency

Security

Quotas

Authorizations

Headers

Body

Response

​Upload

​Purposes

​Reference in chat

​Idempotency

​Security

​Quotas

Authorizations

Headers

Body

Response

Upload

Purposes

Reference in chat

Idempotency

Security

Quotas