> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.usepylon.com/pylon-docs/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.usepylon.com/pylon-docs/developer/api/api-reference/accounts/files.md). # Files APIs for adding file attachments to accounts ## Upload files to an account > Uploads one or more files to an account by ID or external ID.\ > \ > \*\*Rate limit:\*\* 30 requests per minute ```json {"openapi":"3.0.3","info":{"title":"Pylon API.","version":"1.0.0"},"tags":[],"servers":[{"description":"US region","url":"https://api.usepylon.com"},{"description":"EU region","url":"https://api.eu.usepylon.com"}],"security":[{"bearerAuth":[]}],"components":{"securitySchemes":{"bearerAuth":{"description":"Authorization: Bearer ","scheme":"bearer","type":"http"}},"responses":{"UploadAccountFileResponse":{"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/UploadAccountFileResponseBody"}}},"description":""},"BadRequestApiResponse":{"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ErrorApiResponseBody"}}},"description":"The request was invalid or could not be completed."},"UnauthorizedApiResponse":{"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ErrorApiResponseBody"}}},"description":"The request could not be authenticated for this API."},"ForbiddenApiResponse":{"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ErrorApiResponseBody"}}},"description":"The authenticated caller or organization is not allowed to access this endpoint or operation."},"ErrorApiResponse":{"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ErrorApiResponseBody"}}},"description":""},"TooManyRequestsApiResponse":{"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ErrorApiResponseBody"}}},"description":"The request exceeded the applicable rate limit.","headers":{"Retry-After":{"description":"Seconds until the next request to this endpoint is permitted.","schema":{"format":"int64","type":"integer"}},"X-Retry-After":{"description":"Seconds until the full per-minute allowance is restored. Capacity returns gradually before then.","schema":{"format":"int64","type":"integer"}}}},"InternalServerErrorApiResponse":{"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ErrorApiResponseBody"}}},"description":"An unexpected internal error occurred."}},"schemas":{"UploadAccountFileResponseBody":{"properties":{"data":{"description":"The data payload of the response.","items":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Attachment"},"type":"array"},"request_id":{"description":"The request ID for tracking.","type":"string"}},"required":["data","request_id"],"type":"object"},"Attachment":{"properties":{"description":{"description":"The description of the attachment.","type":"string"},"id":{"description":"The ID of the attachment.","type":"string"},"name":{"description":"The name of the attachment.","type":"string"},"url":{"description":"The URL of the attachment.","type":"string"}},"required":["description","id","name","url"],"type":"object"},"ErrorApiResponseBody":{"properties":{"code":{"description":"A stable machine-readable identifier for this failure, safe to branch on\ninstead of the message text. Omitted when the failure has no assigned code.\n\nKnown values: `recipients_suppressed`, `email_bounced`, `internal_issue_reply_not_allowed`, `duplicate_object`, `invalid_authorization_header`, `invalid_api_token`, `invalid_oauth_token`, `wrong_region_token`, `organization_deactivated`, `organization_suspended`, `permission_denied`, `oauth_not_permitted`, `rate_limited`, `not_found`, `method_not_allowed`, `payload_too_large`, `invalid_request_body`, `internal_error`, `invalid_webhook_credentials`, `organization_inactive`. This list is not exhaustive.","type":"string"},"errors":{"description":"The list of errors.","items":{"type":"string"},"type":"array"},"exists_id":{"description":"The ID of the object that already exists if this is a duplicate object error.","type":"string"},"request_id":{"description":"The request ID for tracking.","type":"string"}},"required":["request_id"],"type":"object"}}},"paths":{"/accounts/{id}/files":{"post":{"description":"Uploads one or more files to an account by ID or external ID.\n\n**Rate limit:** 30 requests per minute","operationId":"UploadAccountFile","parameters":[{"description":"The ID or external ID of the account to upload files to.","in":"path","name":"id","required":true,"schema":{"type":"string"}}],"requestBody":{"content":{"multipart/form-data":{"schema":{"properties":{"file":{"description":"The file to upload.","format":"binary","type":"string"},"file_url":{"description":"The URL to fetch the file from, if the file is not provided.","type":"string"}},"type":"object"}}}},"responses":{"200":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/UploadAccountFileResponse"},"400":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/BadRequestApiResponse"},"401":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/UnauthorizedApiResponse"},"403":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/ForbiddenApiResponse"},"404":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/ErrorApiResponse"},"429":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/TooManyRequestsApiResponse"},"500":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/InternalServerErrorApiResponse"}},"summary":"Upload files to an account","tags":["accounts"]}}}} ``` --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. 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