--- title: Upload videos via direct upload URLs --- [Skip to content](#_top) [API Reference](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/python) [Stream](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/python/resources/stream) [Direct Upload](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/python/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 stream.direct\_upload.create(DirectUploadCreateParams\*\*kwargs) -> [DirectUploadCreateResponse]() 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
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##### Accepted Permissions (at least one required) `Stream Write` ##### ParametersExpand Collapse account\_id: str The account identifier tag. maxLength32 [Link to this property](<#(resource)%20stream.direct_upload%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20account_id%20%3E%20(schema)>) max\_duration\_seconds: int 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](<#(resource)%20stream.direct_upload%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20maxDurationSeconds%20%3E%20(schema)>) allowed\_origins: Optional\[Sequence\[[AllowedOrigins]()]] 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](<#(resource)%20stream.direct_upload%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20allowedOrigins%20%3E%20(schema)>) creator: Optional\[str] A user-defined identifier for the media creator. maxLength64 [Link to this property](<#(resource)%20stream.direct_upload%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20creator%20%3E%20(schema)>) expiry: Optional\[Union\[str, datetime]] The date and time after upload when videos will not be accepted. formatdate-time [Link to this property](<#(resource)%20stream.direct_upload%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20expiry%20%3E%20(schema)>) meta: Optional\[[object]()] A user modifiable key-value store used to reference other systems of record for managing videos. [Link to this property](<#(resource)%20stream.direct_upload%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20meta%20%3E%20(schema)>) require\_signed\_urls: Optional\[[bool]()] 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](<#(resource)%20stream.direct_upload%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20requireSignedURLs%20%3E%20(schema)>) scheduled\_deletion: Optional\[Union\[str, datetime]] 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](<#(resource)%20stream.direct_upload%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20scheduledDeletion%20%3E%20(schema)>) thumbnail\_timestamp\_pct: Optional\[float] 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](<#(resource)%20stream.direct_upload%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20thumbnailTimestampPct%20%3E%20(schema)>)
watermark: Optional\[Watermark] uid: Optional\[str] The unique identifier for the watermark profile. maxLength32 Link to this property
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20stream.direct_upload%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20watermark%20%3E%20(schema)>) upload\_creator: Optional\[str] A user-defined identifier for the media creator. maxLength64 [Link to this property](<#(resource)%20stream.direct_upload%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20Upload-Creator%20%3E%20(schema)>) ##### ReturnsExpand Collapse
class DirectUploadCreateResponse: … scheduled\_deletion: Optional\[datetime] 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: Optional\[str] A Cloudflare-generated unique identifier for a media item. maxLength32 Link to this property upload\_url: Optional\[str] The URL an unauthenticated upload can use for a single HTTP POST multipart/form-data request. Link to this property
watermark: Optional\[Watermark] created: Optional\[datetime] The date and a time a watermark profile was created. formatdate-time Link to this property downloaded\_from: Optional\[str] 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: Optional\[int] The height of the image in pixels. Link to this property name: Optional\[str] A short description of the watermark profile. Link to this property opacity: Optional\[float] 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: Optional\[float] 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: Optional\[str] 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: Optional\[float] 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: Optional\[float] The size of the image in bytes. Link to this property uid: Optional\[str] The unique identifier for a watermark profile. maxLength32 Link to this property width: Optional\[int] 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)%20direct_upload_create_response%20%3E%20(schema)>) ### Upload videos via direct upload URLs 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 ) direct_upload = client.stream.direct_upload.create( account_id="023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353", max_duration_seconds=1, ) print(direct_upload.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 } } } ```