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Media API Endpoint: Upload and manage your images and videos. Premium or Business Plan required.
Media API Endpoint
Manage your image and video gallery by uploading and retrieving images and videos.
Automatically resized Instagram images with the ideal dimensions of 1080 x 1080 px are provided. See the response example in the /media/upload below. Resized image names end in
_1080x1080If you already have your media accessible by an external URL, such as an S3 bucket, you can skip uploading the files to Ayrshare. Just POST to the
/post endpoint with your externally accessible URL in the mediaURLs body parameter and your file will automatically be uploaded.❗Click the › in the endpoint to view details.
post
https://app.ayrshare.com/api
/media/upload
Upload Image or Video
Request Examples
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curl \
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-H "Authorization: Bearer API_KEY" \
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-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
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-d '{"file": "data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQ...", "fileName": "test.png", "description": "best image"}' \
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-X POST https://app.ayrshare.com/api/media/upload
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const fetch = require("node-fetch");
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const API_KEY = "API_KEY";
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const base64 = "data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQ...";
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fetch("https://app.ayrshare.com/api/media/upload", {
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method: "POST",
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headers: {
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"Content-Type": "application/json",
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"Authorization": `Bearer ${API_KEY}`
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},
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body: JSON.stringify({
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file: base64,
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fileName: "test.png",
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description: "best image"
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}),
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})
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.then((res) => res.json())
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.then((json) => console.log(json))
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.catch(console.error);
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import requests
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payload = {'file': 'data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQ...',
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'fileName': "test.png",
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'description': "best image"}
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headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json',
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'Authorization': 'Bearer API_KEY'}
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r = requests.post('https://app.ayrshare.com/api/media/upload',
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json=payload,
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headers=headers)
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print(r.json())
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<?php
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require 'vendor/autoload.php';// Composer auto-loader using Guzzle. See https://docs.guzzlephp.org/en/stable/overview.html
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$client = new GuzzleHttp\Client();
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$res = $client->request(
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'POST',
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'https://app.ayrshare.com/api/media/upload',
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[
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'headers' => [
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'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
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'Authorization' => 'Bearer API_KEY'
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],
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'file' => 'data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQ...',
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'fileName' => "test.png",
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'description' => "best image"
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]
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);
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echo json_encode(json_decode($res->getBody()), JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
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get
https://app.ayrshare.com/api
/media/uploadUrl
Upload Large Media Files
Request Examples
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curl \
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-H "Authorization: Bearer [API Key]" \
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-X GET https://app.ayrshare.com/api/media/uploadUrl?fileName=test.mov&contentType=mov
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const fetch = require("node-fetch");
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const API_KEY = "Your API Key";
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fetch("https://app.ayrshare.com/api/media/uploadUrl?fileName=test.mov&contentType=mov", {
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method: "GET",
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headers: {
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"Authorization": `Bearer ${API_KEY}`
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}
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})
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.then((res) => res.json())
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.then((json) => console.log(json))
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.catch(console.error);
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import requests
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headers = {'Authorization': 'Bearer [API_KEY]'}
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r = requests.get('https://app.ayrshare.com/api/media/uploadUrl?fileName=test.mov&contentType=mov', headers=headers)
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print(r.json())
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<?php
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require 'vendor/autoload.php'; // Composer auto-loader using Guzzle. See https://docs.guzzlephp.org/en/stable/overview.html
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$client = new GuzzleHttp\Client();
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$res = $client->request(
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'GET',
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'https://app.ayrshare.com/api/media/uploadUrl?fileName=test.mov&contentType=mov',
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[
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'headers' => [
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'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
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'Authorization' => 'Bearer API_KEY'
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]
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]
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);
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echo json_encode(json_decode($res->getBody()), JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
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using System;
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using System.Net;
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using System.IO;
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namespace MediaGETRequest_charp
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{
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class Media
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{
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static void Main(string[] args)
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{
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string API_KEY = "API_KEY";
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string url = "https://app.ayrshare.com/api/media/uploadUrl?fileName=test.mov&contentType=mov";
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var httpWebRequest = WebRequest.CreateHttp(url);
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httpWebRequest.ContentType = "application/json";
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httpWebRequest.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Bearer " + API_KEY);
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var httpResponse = (HttpWebResponse)httpWebRequest.GetResponse();
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using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(httpResponse.GetResponseStream()))
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{
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var response = streamReader.ReadToEnd();
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Console.WriteLine(response);
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}
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}
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}
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}
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accessUrlis the URL to access the media file after upload.contentTypeis the content-type set for the media being upload. Use this in the Content-Type header when uploading the media.uploadUrlis the URL used to PUT the media file.
Additional Endpoint Examples
The process to upload larger files:
- Obtain an upload URL and access URL via the
/media/uploadUrlendpoint. - Upload the file via a PUT with Content-Type set to the returned
contentType. - After uploading the media file, POST to the
/postendpoint with theaccessUrlin themediaUrlsbody parameter.
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curl -X PUT \
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-H 'Content-Type: video/mp4' \
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--upload-file test.mov uploadUrl
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get
https://app.ayrshare.com/api
/media
Get All Images/Videos in Gallery
Request Header
cURL
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curl \
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-H "Authorization: Bearer [API Key]" \
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-X GET https://app.ayrshare.com/api/media
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const fetch = require("node-fetch");
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const API_KEY = "Your API Key";
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fetch("https://app.ayrshare.com/api/media", {
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method: "GET",
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headers: {
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"Authorization": `Bearer ${API_KEY}`
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}
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})
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.then((res) => res.json())
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.then((json) => console.log(json))
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.catch(console.error);
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import requests
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headers = {'Authorization': 'Bearer [API_KEY]'}
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r = requests.get('https://app.ayrshare.com/api/media', headers=headers)
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print(r.json())
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<?php
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require 'vendor/autoload.php'; // Composer auto-loader using Guzzle. See https://docs.guzzlephp.org/en/stable/overview.html
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$client = new GuzzleHttp\Client();
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$res = $client->request(
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'GET',
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'https://app.ayrshare.com/api/media',
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[
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'headers' => [
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'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
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'Authorization' => 'Bearer API_KEY'
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]
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]
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);
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echo json_encode(json_decode($res->getBody()), JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
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using System;
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using System.Net;
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using System.IO;
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namespace MediaGETRequest_charp
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{
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class Media
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{
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static void Main(string[] args)
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{
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string API_KEY = "API_KEY";
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string url = "https://app.ayrshare.com/api/media";
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var httpWebRequest = WebRequest.CreateHttp(url);
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httpWebRequest.ContentType = "application/json";
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httpWebRequest.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Bearer " + API_KEY);
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var httpResponse = (HttpWebResponse)httpWebRequest.GetResponse();
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using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(httpResponse.GetResponseStream()))
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{
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var response = streamReader.ReadToEnd();
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Console.WriteLine(response);
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}
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}
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}
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}
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