curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/files \
  --header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
  --header 'X-Api-Key: <api-key>' \
  --form file='@example-file' \
  --form 'metadata=<string>'

import requests

url = "https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/files"

files = { "file": ("example-file", open("example-file", "rb")) }
payload = { "metadata": "<string>" }
headers = {"X-Api-Key": "<api-key>"}

response = requests.post(url, data=payload, files=files, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const form = new FormData();
form.append('file', '<string>');
form.append('metadata', '<string>');

const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {'X-Api-Key': '<api-key>'}};

options.body = form;

fetch('https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/files', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/files",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"metadata\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: multipart/form-data",
    "X-Api-Key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/files"

	payload := strings.NewReader("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"metadata\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("X-Api-Key", "<api-key>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/files")
  .header("X-Api-Key", "<api-key>")
  .body("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"metadata\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/files")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-Api-Key"] = '<api-key>'
request.body = "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"metadata\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "file_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2NABCDEFGHJKMN",
  "object": "file",
  "purpose": "reference",
  "mime_type": "image/jpeg",
  "size_bytes": 1247892,
  "width_px": 1024,
  "height_px": 768,
  "url": "https://...?token=...",
  "expires_at": "2026-05-04T14:00:00Z",
  "created_at": "2026-05-03T14:00:00Z",
  "duration_s": 7.4,
  "metadata": {
    "campaign": "launch-2026"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "invalid_request",
    "code": "balance_too_low",
    "message": "Team available balance is 1.5 credits, generation requires 2.0.",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.aurous-labs.com/errors#balance_too_low",
    "request_id": "req_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2VNABCDEFGHJKM",
    "param": "prompt",
    "reason": "wrong_view",
    "detected_view": "full_left"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "invalid_request",
    "code": "balance_too_low",
    "message": "Team available balance is 1.5 credits, generation requires 2.0.",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.aurous-labs.com/errors#balance_too_low",
    "request_id": "req_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2VNABCDEFGHJKM",
    "param": "prompt",
    "reason": "wrong_view",
    "detected_view": "full_left"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "invalid_request",
    "code": "balance_too_low",
    "message": "Team available balance is 1.5 credits, generation requires 2.0.",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.aurous-labs.com/errors#balance_too_low",
    "request_id": "req_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2VNABCDEFGHJKM",
    "param": "prompt",
    "reason": "wrong_view",
    "detected_view": "full_left"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "invalid_request",
    "code": "balance_too_low",
    "message": "Team available balance is 1.5 credits, generation requires 2.0.",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.aurous-labs.com/errors#balance_too_low",
    "request_id": "req_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2VNABCDEFGHJKM",
    "param": "prompt",
    "reason": "wrong_view",
    "detected_view": "full_left"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "invalid_request",
    "code": "balance_too_low",
    "message": "Team available balance is 1.5 credits, generation requires 2.0.",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.aurous-labs.com/errors#balance_too_low",
    "request_id": "req_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2VNABCDEFGHJKM",
    "param": "prompt",
    "reason": "wrong_view",
    "detected_view": "full_left"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "invalid_request",
    "code": "balance_too_low",
    "message": "Team available balance is 1.5 credits, generation requires 2.0.",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.aurous-labs.com/errors#balance_too_low",
    "request_id": "req_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2VNABCDEFGHJKM",
    "param": "prompt",
    "reason": "wrong_view",
    "detected_view": "full_left"
  }
}