--- title: Upload videos via direct upload URLs --- [Skip to content](#_top) [API Reference](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/go) [Stream](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/go/resources/stream) [Direct Upload](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/go/resources/stream/subresources/direct_upload) Copy Markdown Open in **Claude**Open in **ChatGPT**Open in **Cursor** --- **Copy Markdown****View as Markdown** # Upload videos via direct upload URLs client.Stream.DirectUpload.New(ctx, params) (\*[DirectUploadNewResponse](), error) POST/accounts/{account\_id}/stream/direct\_upload Creates a direct upload endpoint that allows an end-user to upload a video without an API key. ##### Security
API Token The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token. **Example:**Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY
API Email + API Key The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key. **Example:**X-Auth-Email: user@example.com The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys. **Example:**X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194
##### Accepted Permissions (at least one required) `Stream Write` ##### ParametersExpand Collapse
params DirectUploadNewParams AccountID param.Field\[string] Path param: The account identifier tag. maxLength32 Link to this property MaxDurationSeconds param.Field\[int64] Body param: The maximum duration in seconds for a video upload. Can be set for a video that is not yet uploaded to limit its duration. Uploads that exceed the specified duration will fail during processing. A value of -1 means the value is unknown. maximum36000 minimum1 Link to this property AllowedOrigins param.Field\[\[]AllowedOrigins]Optional Body param: Lists the origins allowed to display the video. Enter allowed origin domains in an array and use * for wildcard subdomains. Empty arrays allow the video to be viewed on any origin. Link to this property Creator param.Field\[string]Optional Body param: A user-defined identifier for the media creator. maxLength64 Link to this property Expiry param.Field\[Time]Optional Body param: The date and time after upload when videos will not be accepted. formatdate-time Link to this property Meta param.Field\[unknown]Optional Body param: A user modifiable key-value store used to reference other systems of record for managing videos. Link to this property RequireSignedURLs param.Field\[bool]Optional Body param: Indicates whether the video can be a accessed using the UID. When set to true, a signed token must be generated with a signing key to view the video. Link to this property ScheduledDeletion param.Field\[Time]Optional Body param: Indicates the date and time at which the video will be deleted. Omit the field to indicate no change, or include with a null value to remove an existing scheduled deletion. If specified, must be at least 30 days from upload time. formatdate-time Link to this property ThumbnailTimestampPct param.Field\[float64]Optional Body param: The timestamp for a thumbnail image calculated as a percentage value of the video’s duration. To convert from a second-wise timestamp to a percentage, divide the desired timestamp by the total duration of the video. If this value is not set, the default thumbnail image is taken from 0s of the video. maximum1 minimum0 Link to this property
Watermark param.Field\[DirectUploadNewParamsWatermark]Optional Body param UID stringOptional The unique identifier for the watermark profile. maxLength32 Link to this property
Link to this property UploadCreator param.Field\[string]Optional Header param: A user-defined identifier for the media creator. maxLength64 Link to this property
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20stream.direct_upload%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%20default>) ##### ReturnsExpand Collapse
type DirectUploadNewResponse struct{…} ScheduledDeletion TimeOptional Indicates the date and time at which the video will be deleted. Omit the field to indicate no change, or include with a null value to remove an existing scheduled deletion. If specified, must be at least 30 days from upload time. formatdate-time Link to this property UID stringOptional A Cloudflare-generated unique identifier for a media item. maxLength32 Link to this property UploadURL stringOptional The URL an unauthenticated upload can use for a single HTTP POST multipart/form-data request. Link to this property
Watermark WatermarkOptional Created TimeOptional The date and a time a watermark profile was created. formatdate-time Link to this property DownloadedFrom stringOptional The source URL for a downloaded image. If the watermark profile was created via direct upload, this field is null. Link to this property Height int64Optional The height of the image in pixels. Link to this property Name stringOptional A short description of the watermark profile. Link to this property Opacity float64Optional The translucency of the image. A value of 0.0 makes the image completely transparent, and 1.0 makes the image completely opaque. Note that if the image is already semi-transparent, setting this to 1.0 will not make the image completely opaque. maximum1 minimum0 Link to this property Padding float64Optional The whitespace between the adjacent edges (determined by position) of the video and the image. 0.0 indicates no padding, and 1.0 indicates a fully padded video width or length, as determined by the algorithm. maximum1 minimum0 Link to this property Position stringOptional The location of the image. Valid positions are: upperRight, upperLeft, lowerLeft, lowerRight, and center. Note that center ignores the padding parameter. Link to this property Scale float64Optional The size of the image relative to the overall size of the video. This parameter will adapt to horizontal and vertical videos automatically. 0.0 indicates no scaling (use the size of the image as-is), and 1.0 fills the entire video. maximum1 minimum0 Link to this property Size float64Optional The size of the image in bytes. Link to this property UID stringOptional The unique identifier for a watermark profile. maxLength32 Link to this property Width int64Optional The width of the image in pixels. Link to this property
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[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20stream.direct_upload%20%3E%20(model)%20DirectUploadNewResponse%20%3E%20(schema)>) ### Upload videos via direct upload URLs Go HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform ``` package main import ( "context" "fmt" "github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go" "github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go/option" "github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go/stream" ) func main() { client := cloudflare.NewClient( option.WithAPIToken("Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY"), ) directUpload, err := client.Stream.DirectUpload.New(context.TODO(), stream.DirectUploadNewParams{ AccountID: cloudflare.F("023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353"), MaxDurationSeconds: cloudflare.F(int64(1)), }) if err != nil { panic(err.Error()) } fmt.Printf("%+v\n", directUpload.UID) } ``` 200 example ``` { "errors": [ { "code": 1000, "message": "message", "documentation_url": "documentation_url", "source": { "pointer": "pointer" } } ], "messages": [ { "code": 1000, "message": "message", "documentation_url": "documentation_url", "source": { "pointer": "pointer" } } ], "success": true, "result": { "scheduledDeletion": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z", "uid": "ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a", "uploadURL": "www.example.com/samplepath", "watermark": { "created": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z", "downloadedFrom": "https://company.com/logo.png", "height": 0, "name": "Marketing Videos", "opacity": 0.75, "padding": 0.1, "position": "center", "scale": 0.1, "size": 29472, "uid": "ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a", "width": 0 } } } ``` ##### Returns Examples 200 example ``` { "errors": [ { "code": 1000, "message": "message", "documentation_url": "documentation_url", "source": { "pointer": "pointer" } } ], "messages": [ { "code": 1000, "message": "message", "documentation_url": "documentation_url", "source": { "pointer": "pointer" } } ], "success": true, "result": { "scheduledDeletion": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z", "uid": "ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a", "uploadURL": "www.example.com/samplepath", "watermark": { "created": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z", "downloadedFrom": "https://company.com/logo.png", "height": 0, "name": "Marketing Videos", "opacity": 0.75, "padding": 0.1, "position": "center", "scale": 0.1, "size": 29472, "uid": "ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a", "width": 0 } } } ```