Media

Upload images and videos to Crier before posting them.

Get an upload URL

POST/v1/media/upload-url

JPEG, PNG, WebP and GIF up to 20 MB; MP4, MOV and WebM up to 1 GB. PUT the file to uploadUrl, then post publicUrl.

Body

filenamestringrequired
max 255
contentTypestringrequired
min 3
sizeintegerrequired
max 9,007,199,254,740,991

Response 200

data

uploadUrlstring (uri)required
Pre-signed URL: PUT the file there with the same Content-Type.
publicUrlstring (uri)required
Use it in a post's media once uploaded.
kindstringrequired
Values: image · gif · video
expiresInintegerrequired
Seconds the upload URL stays valid.
max 9,007,199,254,740,991

curl -X POST "https://api.usecrier.com/v1/media/upload-url" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CRIER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "filename": "autumn.mp4",
    "contentType": "video/mp4",
    "size": 48211234
  }'

const res = await fetch('https://api.usecrier.com/v1/media/upload-url', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.CRIER_API_KEY}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "filename": "autumn.mp4",
    "contentType": "video/mp4",
    "size": 48211234
  }),
});
const { data } = await res.json();

import os, requests

res = requests.post(
    "https://api.usecrier.com/v1/media/upload-url",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['CRIER_API_KEY']}"},
    json={
        "filename": "autumn.mp4",
        "contentType": "video/mp4",
        "size": 48211234
    },
)
data = res.json()["data"]