Upload a file

client.files.create(body, options?): CreateFileResponse { id, file, state, upload }

POST/files

Upload a file to your namespace, then reference it from a generation via ImageRef.file_id (as source, image_ref[], video.start_frame, keyframes, and so on). Two upload modes share this endpoint, selected by Content-Type:

• multipart/form-data — send the bytes inline in the file part. Best for small files (subject to an inline size cap; larger files must use the presigned flow). The returned file is already pending ingest.

• application/json — request a presigned upload. The response upload envelope tells you where to PUT the bytes; afterward call POST /files/{file_id}/complete to start ingest. Use this for larger files.

ParametersExpandCollapse

body: FileCreateParams { mime_type, size_bytes, expires_at, 3 more }

mime_type: string

MIME type of the bytes you will upload.

minLength: 1, maxLength: 256

size_bytes: number

Exact size in bytes of the object you will PUT. Up to 5 GiB (the S3 single-PUT ceiling).

minimum: 1

expires_at?: string | null

Optional TTL. After this time Luma may automatically delete the file and reclaim its bytes.

format: date-time

filename?: string | null

Optional original filename to record.

maxLength: 512

purpose?: FilePurpose

How the file is intended to be used in a generation. input is the primary subject (e.g. the source image for an edit); reference is style/content guidance.

One of the following:

"input"

"reference"

user_id?: string | null

Optional opaque end-user tag for abuse attribution. Mirrors the user_id field on POST /generations.

maxLength: 256

ReturnsExpandCollapse

CreateFileResponse { id, file, state, upload }

Result of POST /files. In the multipart (inline) flow upload is null and the file is already pending ingest. In the presigned (JSON) flow upload carries the PUT envelope and the file stays pending until you call POST /files/{file_id}/complete. Top-level id and state are conveniences that mirror file.id and file.state; the full record is always under file.

id: string

File identifier.

format: uuid

file: File { id, created_at, mime_type, 8 more }

A file in the caller's namespace.

id: string

File identifier, referenced as ImageRef.file_id.

format: uuid

created_at: string

Creation timestamp.

format: date-time

mime_type: string

MIME type of the stored bytes (for example, image/jpeg).

purpose: FilePurpose

How the file is intended to be used in a generation. input is the primary subject (e.g. the source image for an edit); reference is style/content guidance.

One of the following:

"input"

"reference"

size_bytes: number

Size of the stored object in bytes.

state: FileState

Lifecycle state of an uploaded file. pending until bytes are received and the ingest pipeline runs; ready once it can be referenced from a generation; failed if ingest/moderation rejected it; deleted once the file has been deleted.

One of the following:

"pending"

"ready"

"failed"

"deleted"

deleted_at?: string | null

When the file was deleted; null otherwise.

format: date-time

expires_at?: string | null

TTL set at upload, if any. After this time Luma may automatically delete the file and reclaim its bytes — you don't need to call DELETE yourself.

format: date-time

failure_reason?: string | null

Human-readable reason when state is failed.

filename?: string | null

Original filename supplied at upload, if any.

user_id?: string | null

The opaque end-user tag supplied at upload, echoed back unchanged. Abuse-attribution only; not an access-control primitive.

state: FileState

Lifecycle state of an uploaded file. pending until bytes are received and the ingest pipeline runs; ready once it can be referenced from a generation; failed if ingest/moderation rejected it; deleted once the file has been deleted.

One of the following:

"pending"

"ready"

"failed"

"deleted"

upload?: PresignedUpload { expires_at, method, url, headers } | null

Where to PUT the file bytes for a presigned (JSON) upload. Issue an HTTP PUT of the raw bytes to url with the given headers, then call POST /files/{file_id}/complete.

expires_at: string

When the presigned URL expires.

format: date-time

method: string

HTTP method to use for the upload — always PUT.

url: string

Presigned S3 URL to PUT the bytes to.

format: uri

headers?: Record<string, string>

Headers that must be sent with the PUT request.

Upload a file

HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoCLI Tool

import Luma from 'luma-agents';

const client = new Luma({
  authToken: process.env['LUMA_AGENTS_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted
});

const createFileResponse = await client.files.create({ mime_type: 'x', size_bytes: 1 });

console.log(createFileResponse.id);

201 example

{
  "id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
  "file": {
    "id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
    "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "mime_type": "mime_type",
    "purpose": "input",
    "size_bytes": 0,
    "state": "pending",
    "deleted_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "expires_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "failure_reason": "failure_reason",
    "filename": "filename",
    "user_id": "user_id"
  },
  "state": "pending",
  "upload": {
    "expires_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "method": "method",
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "headers": {
      "foo": "string"
    }
  }
}

Returns Examples

201 example

{
  "id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
  "file": {
    "id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
    "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "mime_type": "mime_type",
    "purpose": "input",
    "size_bytes": 0,
    "state": "pending",
    "deleted_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "expires_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "failure_reason": "failure_reason",
    "filename": "filename",
    "user_id": "user_id"
  },
  "state": "pending",
  "upload": {
    "expires_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "method": "method",
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "headers": {
      "foo": "string"
    }
  }
}