Data Types

DownloadFile

To download files:

https://upcdn.io/{accountId}/raw/{filePath}

For example:

https://upcdn.io/W142hJk/raw/example/image.jpg

For private files: you must append ?auth=true to your URLs and have a valid JWT cookie (see: authorization). Alternatively, you can download private files using API keys like in the examples below.

To download files using code:

GET https://upcdn.io/{accountId}/raw/{filePath}
cURL
1curl "https://upcdn.io/{accountId}/raw/{filePath}" \
2 -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
Response (200)
1Binary response

The file's contents.

Your account ID.

This is visible on the settings page:

https://www.bytescale.com/dashboard/settings

Example: A623uY2

Type: String

Length: 7

Absolute path to a file. Begins with a /.

Example: /uploads/image.jpg

Type: String

Min Length: 1

Max Length: 512

Must be set when using JWT cookies to download private files.

Do not include this parameter otherwise.

Default: false

Type: Boolean

Specifies whether to cache the raw file in the Bytescale CDN.

Default: true

Type: Boolean

Specifies the maximum amount of time, in seconds, the file will be cached on the user's device and in the Bytescale CDN's edge cache.

Default: Please refer to your account's default cache settings in the Bytescale Dashboard.

Type: Number

Forces the browser to display a download prompt for the file, instead of displaying the file in the browser.

When set to true, the Bytescale CDN will add a content-disposition: attachment header to the HTTP response.

Example: true

Type: Boolean

Downloads the latest version of your file (if you have overwritten it) when added to the URL with a unique value.

The value of the version parameter can be anything, e.g. an incremental number, a timestamp, etc.

You only need to provide and update this value if/when you overwrite your file.

Example: 1

Type: String

Add one of these Authorization header values to your request:

Option 1: prefix "Bearer " to your API key. The result is your Authorization header value.

Option 2: use HTTP basic authorization with apikey as your username and your API key as your password.

Type: String

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