UploadFile¶

Create Issues by uploading a file directly through the API using this function.

Request¶

POST https://api.uberflip.com/?Version=0.1&Method=UploadFile&APIKey=xxxxxxx&Signature=xxxxxx&TitleId=123&IssueName=Test%20Issue&ResponseType=XML

URL Parameters	Description
Version	The version of the API to call (`0.1`).
Method	The method being called (`UploadFile`).
APIKey	Your account’s API key.
Signature	Your account’s API signature.
UserId	(required for master/reseller accounts) The account identifier of the account to call the method on.
Query	The search query.
TitleId	The identifier of the Title to create the Issue in.
IssueName	The name of the Issue.
File	The file to upload.
ResponseType	(optional) The response format (`XML` or `JSON`). Defaults to `JSON`.
PublishDate	(optional) The publish date of the Issue.

Make sure when posting a file (regardless of method) to include the equivalent of enctype=”multipart/form-data”

Examples¶

Sample request (PHP):

$request = array(
    'APIKey' => "your-api-key",
    'Signature' => "your-api-signature",
    'Version' => '0.1',
    'Method' => 'UploadFile',
    'IssueName' => 'Demo Issue',
    'TitleId' => 1234,
    'PublishDate' => "2012-12-12 00:00:00",
    'ResponseType' => 'JSON'
);

$url = "https://api.uberflip.com//?".http_build_query($request);

$params = array('File' => '@/full/path/to/file.pdf');

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $params);
$response = curl_exec($ch);

Sample response:

<Response>
    <Success>
            <Code>OK</Code>
            <ID>54321</ID>
            <Description>Issue uploaded and created successfully.</Description>
    </Success>
</Response>