Import file from URL

Downloads a file from an external URL and stores it in your media library. Useful for migrating content from other platforms.

Required permissions

media.upload

POST/media/upload-from-url

Base URLhttps://api.lynkow.com/v1

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curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://api.lynkow.com/v1/media/upload-from-url' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer $API_TOKEN'

{
  "data": {
    "id": "c3d4e5f6-a7b8-9012-cdef-234567890123",
    "alt": "Mountain landscape",
    "url": "https://cdn.lynkow.com/sites/abc123/photo-example.jpg",
    "size": 312400,
    "width": 2400,
    "height": 1600,
    "filename": "photo-example.jpg",
    "folderId": "uuid-of-folder",
    "mimeType": "image/jpeg",
    "variants": {
      "card": "https://cdn.lynkow.com/sites/abc123/photo-example.jpg?w=400",
      "medium": "https://cdn.lynkow.com/sites/abc123/photo-example.jpg?w=1200",
      "content": "https://cdn.lynkow.com/sites/abc123/photo-example.jpg?w=800",
      "thumbnail": "https://cdn.lynkow.com/sites/abc123/photo-example.jpg?w=150"
    },
    "createdAt": "2025-04-06T11:45:00.000Z",
    "originalName": "photo-example.jpg"
  }
}

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