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# /upload/files/fromurl

```
URL: http://<db.host>:<db.port>/upload/files/fromurl
```

Uploads one or more files to [KiFS](../../tools/kifs/).

Each file path must reside in a top-level KiFS directory, i.e. one of the
directories listed in [/show/directories](/content/api/rest/show_directories_rest).
The user must have write permission on the directory. Nested directories are
permitted in file name paths. Directories are delineated with the directory
separator of '/'.  For example, given the file path '/a/b/c/d.txt', 'a' must be
a KiFS directory.

These characters are allowed in file name paths: letters, numbers, spaces, the
path delimiter of '/', and the characters: '.' '-' ':' '\[' ']' '(' ')' '#' '='.

## Input Parameter Description

<ParamField body="file_names" type="array of strings">
  An array of full file name paths to be used for the files uploaded to KiFS. File names may have any number of nested directories in their paths, but the top-level directory must be an existing KiFS directory. Each file must reside in or under a top-level directory. A full file name path cannot be larger than 1024 characters.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="urls" type="array of strings">
  List of URLs to upload, for each respective file in input parameter *file\_names*.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="options" type="map of string to strings">
  Optional parameters.

  The default value is an empty map ( \{} ).
</ParamField>

## Output Parameter Description

The Kinetica server embeds the endpoint response inside a standard response structure which contains status information and the actual response to the query.  Here is a description of the various fields of the wrapper:

<ResponseField name="status" type="String">
  'OK' or 'ERROR'
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="message" type="String">
  Empty if success or an error message
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="data_type" type="String">
  'upload\_files\_fromurl\_response' or 'none' in case of an error
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="data" type="String">
  Empty string
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="data_str" type="JSON or String">
  This embedded JSON represents the result of the /upload/files/fromurl endpoint:

  <Expandable title="data_str">
    <ResponseField name="successful_file_names" type="array of strings">
      List of input parameter *file\_names* that were successfully uploaded.
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="successful_urls" type="array of strings">
      List of input parameter *urls* that were successfully uploaded.
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="info" type="map of string to strings">
      Additional information.
    </ResponseField>
  </Expandable>

  Empty string in case of an error.
</ResponseField>