POST api/File/UploadFile

Upload a file. Please note that unless added the returned attachment model is added to an activity within 48 hours the file will be removed.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
UnauthorizedAccessException	Thrown if you do not have a valid login ticket
ArgumentMissingHttpResponseException	Thrown if there is no file present
ArgumentOutOfRangeHttpResponseException	Thrown if there is more than one file present

Remarks

You should use enctype="multipart/form-data" when you post data to this function as illustrated in the example below. In addition to uploaded file you should specify the following additional parameters

TicketId (required), you login ticket
Name (optional), the name of the file. If not specified we will use the original filename.
Description (optional), a description of the file
Category (optional), the category the file belongs to. Use LookupController.GetLookupValues(LookupController.GetLookupArgumentModel) with LookupId="AttachmentCategories" to get a list of valig categories
Visible (optional), visibility of the file. If not specified visibility will be set to off, that is, the file will be private.
Culture (optional), used to generate error messages in correct language

Examples

The sample below shows how create an upload form and post it using jQuery.


<form id="uploadForm" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" >
    <input id="Attachment" name="Attachment" type="file" placeholder="Type in attachment id" /><br />
    <input id="TicketId" name="TicketId" type="hidden" />
    <input type = "button" value="JQuery Submit" onclick="uploadFile()"  />
</form>

Make sure that input controls that matches the additional parameters this function requires use the name attribute. Also make sure that enctype is set to "multipart/form-data". The JavaScript snippet shows how to post this form using jQuery


 function uploadFile() {
    //Get the form
    var formData = new FormData($("#uploadForm")[0]);
   $.ajax({
   url: http://eConnect.infocare.com/api/File/UploadFile,
       type: "POST",
       data: formData,
       cache: false,
       contentType: false,
       processData: false
   })
   .done(function (result){
        console.log("Id : " + result.AttachmentId);       
   })

Request Information

URI Parameters

None.

Body Parameters

None.

Response Information

Resource Description

Additional information about the upload file such as the Id assigned to the file.

AttachmentModel

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
AttachmentId	Gets or sets the attachment id	string	None.
CreatedAt	Gets or sets the creation date	date	None.
CreatedBy	Gets or sets the SAMAccountName for the user that created the attachment	string	None.
Title	Gets or sets the attachment name	string	None.
FileName	Gets or sets the attachment name, including extension	string	None.
MimeType	Gets or sets the attachment MIME type	string	None.
Description	Gets or sets the attachment description	string	Json null value handling: Ignore
Category	Gets or sets the attachment category. Built in reports will have the predefined value of "Report"	string	None.
Type	Gets or sets "Normal", "Signature" or "Report" attachment type	RostovAttachmentType	None.
IsDeletable	Gets or sets whether this attachment can be deleted	boolean	None.
IsVisible	Gets or sets whether this attachment can be viewed	boolean	None.

Response Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

{
  "AttachmentId": "sample string 1",
  "CreatedAt": "2026-11-11T19:51:38.8526713+01:00",
  "CreatedBy": "sample string 3",
  "Title": "sample string 4",
  "FileName": "sample string 5",
  "MimeType": "sample string 6",
  "Description": "sample string 7",
  "Category": "sample string 8",
  "Type": 0,
  "IsDeletable": true,
  "IsVisible": true
}

application/xml, text/xml