Upload asset

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.fal.ai/v1/assets/uploads \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "url": "https://v3b.fal.media/files/b/0a9b4900/PDbTGyzqRh1aijW2WQiY9_opengraph-1%20%281%29.png",
  "type": "image"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.fal.ai/v1/assets/uploads"

payload = {
    "url": "https://v3b.fal.media/files/b/0a9b4900/PDbTGyzqRh1aijW2WQiY9_opengraph-1%20%281%29.png",
    "type": "image"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    url: 'https://v3b.fal.media/files/b/0a9b4900/PDbTGyzqRh1aijW2WQiY9_opengraph-1%20%281%29.png',
    type: 'image'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.fal.ai/v1/assets/uploads', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

{
  "asset": {
    "asset_id": "d8b6elcregj72v34jr8g",
    "vector_id": "b1a2b4a5-cb89-51dc-a108-6dbfd8e742fc",
    "request_id": "019e6d0a-e5be-7b82-b329-35ae64296902",
    "url": "https://v3b.fal.media/files/b/0a9b4900/PDbTGyzqRh1aijW2WQiY9_opengraph-1%20%281%29.png",
    "type": "image",
    "title": "Cinematic portrait",
    "endpoint": "fal-ai/flux/dev",
    "created_at": "2026-05-23T20:00:00.000Z",
    "source": "upload",
    "prompt": "cinematic portrait of a character",
    "width": 1024,
    "height": 1024,
    "content_type": "image/png",
    "is_favorited": false,
    "collection_ids": [
      "d8b6elcregj72v34jr8g"
    ],
    "tags": [
      {
        "id": "d9k7q2m4n6p8r1s3t5uv",
        "name": "moodboard",
        "created_at": "2026-05-23T20:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ],
    "similarity": 0.92
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "validation_error",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "authorization_error",
    "message": "Authentication required"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "authorization_error",
    "message": "Access denied"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "not_found",
    "message": "Resource not found"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "validation_error",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "validation_error",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "rate_limited",
    "message": "Rate limit exceeded"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "server_error",
    "message": "An unexpected error occurred"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "server_error",
    "message": "Upstream asset service failed"
  }
}