Upload via URL
Sometimes it can be useful to use a URL of an image instead of uploading its data. To accommodate this need, Cloudflare Images provides an option to use a URL to migrate images to Cloudflare without fetching them first.
To learn more about the supported image formats you can upload, refer to Supported image formats .
Below is an example of how to use the upload via URL feature:
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/images/v1 \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer :token' \
--form 'url=https://[user:password@]example.com/<PATH_TO_IMAGE>' \
--form 'metadata={"key":"value"}' \
--form 'requiredSignedURLs=false'
You will then receive a response similar to this:
{
"result": {
"id": "2cdc28f0-017a-49c4-9ed7-87056c83901",
"filename": "image.jpeg",
"metadata": {
"key": "value":
},
"uploaded": "2022-01-31T16:39:28.458Z",
"requiredSignedURLs": false,
"variants": [
"https://imagedelivery.net/Vi7wi5KSItxGFsWRG2Us6Q/2cdc28f0-017a-49c4-9ed7-87056c83901/public","https://imagedelivery.net/Vi7wi5KSItxGFsWRG2Us6Q/2cdc28f0-017a-49c4-9ed7-87056c83901/thumbnail"
]
},
"success": true,
"errors": [],
"messages": []
}
If your origin server returns an error while fetching the images, the API response will return a 4xx error.
Refer to Upload an image using a single HTTP request for more information.