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post https://beta.api.dotfile.com/v1/files/upload
Upload a file and get an upload_ref to be used for Identity Document Check or Documents checks.
Maximum file size is at most 20Mo but may vary depending on the usage afterward.
The upload_ref is valid for about 1 day.
The accepted file formats are:
- Image files:
.avif: AVIF image (image/avif).bmp: Windows OS/2 Bitmap Graphics (image/bmp).gif: Graphics Interchange Format (GIF,image/gif).jpeg, .jpg: JPEG images (image/jpeg).png: Portable Network Graphics (image/png).svg: Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG,image/svg+xml).tif, .tiff: Tagged Image File Format (TIFF,image/tiff).webp: WEBP image (image/webp)
- Office files:
.doc: Microsoft Word (application/msword).docx: Microsoft Word (OpenXML,application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document).odp: OpenDocument presentation document (application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation).ods: OpenDocument spreadsheet document (application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet).odt: OpenDocument text document (application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text).pdf: Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF,application/pdf).ppt: Microsoft PowerPoint (application/vnd.ms-powerpoint).pptx: Microsoft PowerPoint (OpenXML,application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation).vsd: Microsoft Visio (application/vnd.visio).xls: Microsoft Excel (application/vnd.ms-excel).xlsx: Microsoft Excel (OpenXML,application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet)
- Text files:
.csv: Comma-separated values (CSV,text/csv).json: JSON format (application/json).jsonld: JSON-LD format (application/ld+json).rtf: Rich Text Format (RTF,application/rtf).txt: Text, (generally ASCII or ISO 8859-n,text/plain)
- Archive files:
.arc: Archive document (multiple files embedded,application/x-freearc).bz: BZip archive (application/x-bzip).bz2: BZip2 archive (application/x-bzip2).gz: GZip Compressed Archive (application/gzip).rar: RAR archive (application/vnd.rar).tar: Tape Archive (TAR,application/x-tar).zip: ZIP archive (application/zip).7z: 7-zip archive (application/x-7z-compressed)
See also
Learn more about Files