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Upload media

POST 
/media

Upload media file to Telnyx so it can be used with other Telnyx services

Request​

Body

required

Upload media request

    media_url stringrequired

    The URL where the media to be stored in Telnyx network is currently hosted. The maximum allowed size is 20 MB.

    ttl_secs integer

    The number of seconds after which the media resource will be deleted, defaults to 2 days. The maximum allowed vale is 630720000, which translates to 20 years.

    media_name string

    The unique identifier of a file.

Responses​

201: A response describing a media resource

Schema

    data

    object

    media_name string

    Uniquely identifies a media resource.

    expires_at string

    ISO 8601 formatted date of when the media resource will expire and be deleted.

    created_at string

    ISO 8601 formatted date of when the media resource was created

    updated_at string

    ISO 8601 formatted date of when the media resource was last updated

    content_type string

    Content type of the file

default: Unexpected error

Schema

    errors

    Error[]

  • Array [

    • code integerrequired
    title stringrequired
    detail string

    source

    object

    pointer json-pointer

    JSON pointer (RFC6901) to the offending entity.

    parameter string

    Indicates which query parameter caused the error.

    meta object

  • ]

Request samples

curl -L 'https://api.telnyx.com/v2/media' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Accept: application/json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer <TOKEN>' \
-d '{
  "media_url": "http://www.example.com/audio.mp3",
  "ttl_secs": 86400,
  "media_name": "my-file"
}'

Response samples

{
  "data": {
    "media_name": "f5586561-8ff0-4291-a0ac-84fe544797bd",
    "expires_at": "2020-01-23T18:10:02.574Z",
    "created_at": "2019-01-23T18:10:02.574Z",
    "updated_at": "2019-01-23T18:10:02.574Z",
    "content_type": "application/xml"
  }
}