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API Reference for ProcessMaker File API

Create or update a new setting

post

Create a new Settings css-override

Authorizations
OAuth2authorizationCodeRequired

Laravel passport oauth2 security.

Authorization URL: Token URL: Refresh URL:
AuthorizationstringRequired
Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>.
Body
variablesstringOptional
sansSerifFontstringOptional
Responses
201

success

application/json
Responseall of
post
/customize-ui
POST /api/1.0/customize-ui HTTP/1.1
Host: 
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 43

{
  "variables": "text",
  "sansSerifFont": "text"
}
201

success

{
  "key": "text",
  "config": [
    {}
  ],
  "name": "text",
  "helper": "text",
  "group": "text",
  "format": "text",
  "hidden": true,
  "readonly": true,
  "variables": "text",
  "sansSerifFont": "text",
  "id": "text",
  "created_at": "2025-11-30T06:16:27.332Z",
  "updated_at": "2025-11-30T06:16:27.332Z"
}

Returns the list of files

get

Display a listing of the resource.

Authorizations
OAuth2authorizationCodeRequired

Laravel passport oauth2 security.

Authorization URL: Token URL: Refresh URL:
AuthorizationstringRequired
Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>.
Query parameters
filterstringOptional

Filter results by string. Searches Name, Description, and Status. Status must match exactly. Others can be a substring.

order_bystringOptional

Field to order results by

order_directionstring · enumOptionalDefault: ascPossible values:
per_pageintegerOptionalDefault: 10
Responses
get
/files
GET /api/1.0/files HTTP/1.1
Host: 
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Accept: */*
200

list of files

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "model_id": 1,
      "model_type": "text",
      "collection_name": "text",
      "name": "text",
      "file_name": "text",
      "mime_type": "text",
      "disk": "text",
      "size": 1,
      "manipulations": {},
      "custom_properties": {},
      "responsive_images": {},
      "order_column": 1,
      "created_at": "2025-11-30T06:16:27.332Z",
      "updated_at": "2025-11-30T06:16:27.332Z"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "filter": "text",
    "sort_by": "text",
    "sort_order": "asc",
    "count": 1,
    "total_pages": 1,
    "current_page": 1,
    "form": 1,
    "last_page": 1,
    "path": "text",
    "per_page": 1,
    "to": 1,
    "total": 1
  }
}

Save a new media file. Note: To upload files to a request, use createRequestFile in the RequestFile API

post

Store a newly created resource in storage.

Authorizations
OAuth2authorizationCodeRequired

Laravel passport oauth2 security.

Authorization URL: Token URL: Refresh URL:
AuthorizationstringRequired
Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>.
Query parameters
model_idintegerRequired

ID of the model to which the file will be associated

modelstringRequired

Full namespaced class of the model to associate

data_namestringOptional

Name of the variable used in a request

collectionstringOptional

Media collection name. For requests, use 'default'

Body
filestring · binaryOptional

save a new media file

Responses
post
/files
POST /api/1.0/files?model_id=1&model=text HTTP/1.1
Host: 
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Content-Type: multipart/form-data
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 17

{
  "file": "binary"
}
200

success

{
  "id": "text",
  "model_id": "text",
  "file_name": "text",
  "mime_type": "text"
}

Get the metadata of a file. To actually fetch the file see Get File Contents

get

Get a single media file.

Authorizations
OAuth2authorizationCodeRequired

Laravel passport oauth2 security.

Authorization URL: Token URL: Refresh URL:
AuthorizationstringRequired
Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>.
Path parameters
file_idintegerRequired

ID of the file to return

Responses
get
/files/{file_id}
GET /api/1.0/files/{file_id} HTTP/1.1
Host: 
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Accept: */*

{
  "id": 1,
  "model_id": 1,
  "model_type": "text",
  "collection_name": "text",
  "name": "text",
  "file_name": "text",
  "mime_type": "text",
  "disk": "text",
  "size": 1,
  "manipulations": {},
  "custom_properties": {},
  "responsive_images": {},
  "order_column": 1,
  "created_at": "2025-11-30T06:16:27.332Z",
  "updated_at": "2025-11-30T06:16:27.332Z"
}

Delete a media file

delete

Remove the specified resource from storage.

Authorizations
OAuth2authorizationCodeRequired

Laravel passport oauth2 security.

Authorization URL: Token URL: Refresh URL:
AuthorizationstringRequired
Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>.
Path parameters
file_idintegerRequired

ID of the file

Responses
delete
/files/{file_id}
DELETE /api/1.0/files/{file_id} HTTP/1.1
Host: 
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Accept: */*

No content

Get the contents of a file

get

Display the specified resource.

Authorizations
OAuth2authorizationCodeRequired

Laravel passport oauth2 security.

Authorization URL: Token URL: Refresh URL:
AuthorizationstringRequired
Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>.
Path parameters
file_idintegerRequired

ID of the file to return

Responses
get
/files/{file_id}/contents
GET /api/1.0/files/{file_id}/contents HTTP/1.1
Host: 
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Accept: */*

binary
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