Files — Increase

Files

Files are objects that represent a file hosted on Increase’s servers. The file may have been uploaded by you (for example, when uploading a check image) or it may have been created by Increase (for example, an autogenerated statement PDF). If you need to download a File, create a File Link.

Events

Your application can listen to webhooks about this resource. All of the events about Files will have the category "file.created" .

The File object

{
  "created_at": "2020-01-31T23:59:59Z",
  "description": "2022-05 statement for checking account",
  "direction": "from_increase",
  "filename": "statement.pdf",
  "id": "file_makxrc67oh9l6sg7w9yc",
  "idempotency_key": null,
  "mime_type": "application/pdf",
  "purpose": "increase_statement",
  "type": "file"
}

Attributes

created_at

string

The time the File was created.

description

string

Nullable

A description of the File.

direction

enum

Whether the File was generated by Increase or by you and sent to Increase.

filename

string

Nullable

The filename that was provided upon upload or generated by Increase.

string

The File’s identifier.

idempotency_key

string

Nullable

The idempotency key you chose for this object. This value is unique across Increase and is used to ensure that a request is only processed once. Learn more about idempotency.

mime_type

string

The MIME type of the file.

purpose

enum

What the File will be used for. We may add additional possible values for this enum over time; your application should be able to handle such additions gracefully.

type

string

A constant representing the object’s type. For this resource it will always be file.

List Files

curl \
  --url "${INCREASE_URL}/files" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${INCREASE_API_KEY}"

Returns a list response :

{
  "data": [
    { /* File object */ },
    { /* File object */ }
    /* ... */
  ],
  "next_cursor": "v57w5d",
}

Parameters

purpose.in

array of strings

Filter Files for those with the specified purpose or purposes. For GET requests, this should be encoded as a comma-delimited string, such as ?in=one,two,three.

idempotency_key

string

Filter records to the one with the specified idempotency_key you chose for that object. This value is unique across Increase and is used to ensure that a request is only processed once. Learn more about idempotency.

Between 1 and 200 characters

cursor

string

limit

integer

created_at.after

string

created_at.before

string

created_at.on_or_after

string

created_at.on_or_before

string

Create a File

To upload a file to Increase, you’ll need to send a request of Content-Type multipart/form-data. The request should contain the file you would like to upload, as well as the parameters for creating a file.

curl -X "POST" \
  --url "${INCREASE_URL}/files" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${INCREASE_API_KEY}" \
  -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
  -F file="@tax_form.pdf" \
  -F purpose=check_image_front

Parameters

description

string

The description you choose to give the File.

Between 1 and 200 characters

file

string

Required

The file contents. This should follow the specifications of RFC 7578 which defines file transfers for the multipart/form-data protocol.

purpose

enum

Required

What the File will be used for in Increase’s systems.

Retrieve a File

curl \
  --url "${INCREASE_URL}/files/file_makxrc67oh9l6sg7w9yc" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${INCREASE_API_KEY}"

Parameters

file_id

string

Required

The identifier of the File.

More about Files.