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title: Posts a file to Binary Storage
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# Posts a file to Binary Storage

cloudforce\_one.binary\_storage.create(BinaryStorageCreateParams\*\*kwargs) -> [BinaryStorageCreateResponse](<https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/python/resources/cloudforce_one#(resource)%20cloudforce_one.binary_storage%20%3E%20(model)%20binary_storage_create_response%20%3E%20(schema)>)

POST/accounts/{account\_id}/cloudforce-one/binary

Uploads a binary file to Cloudforce One’s binary database for malware analysis and threat intelligence correlation.

##### Security

API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. [Create a token](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/).

**Example:**`Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY`

##### Accepted Permissions (at least one required)

`Cloudforce One Write``Cloudforce One Read`

##### ParametersExpand Collapse

account\_id: str

Account ID.

[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20cloudforce_one.binary_storage%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20account_id%20%3E%20(schema)>)

file: [FileTypes](<https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/python/resources/cloudforce_one/subresources/binary_storage/methods/create#(resource)%20cloudforce_one.binary_storage%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20file%20%3E%20(schema)>)

The binary file content to upload.

[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20cloudforce_one.binary_storage%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20file%20%3E%20(schema)>)

##### ReturnsExpand Collapse

<details>

<summary>

class BinaryStorageCreateResponse: …

</summary>

content\_type: str

<a href="#(resource)%20cloudforce_one.binary_storage%20%3E%20(model)%20binary_storage_create_response%20%3E%20(schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20content_type">Link to this property</a>

md5: str

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sha1: str

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sha256: str

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</details>

[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20cloudforce_one.binary_storage%20%3E%20(model)%20binary_storage_create_response%20%3E%20(schema)>)

### Posts a file to Binary Storage

Python

HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform

```
import os
from cloudflare import Cloudflare

client = Cloudflare(
    api_token=os.environ.get("CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
binary_storage = client.cloudforce_one.binary_storage.create(
    account_id="account_id",
    file=b"Example data",
)
print(binary_storage.content_type)
```

200 example

```
{
  "content_type": "text/plain",
  "md5": "5d84ade76d2a8387c81175bb0cbe6492",
  "sha1": "9aff6879626d957eafadda044e4f879aae1e7278",
  "sha256": "0000a7f2692ef479e2e3d02661568882cadec451cc8a64d4e7faca29810cd626"
}
```

##### Returns Examples

200 example

```
{
  "content_type": "text/plain",
  "md5": "5d84ade76d2a8387c81175bb0cbe6492",
  "sha1": "9aff6879626d957eafadda044e4f879aae1e7278",
  "sha256": "0000a7f2692ef479e2e3d02661568882cadec451cc8a64d4e7faca29810cd626"
}
```