## Create an asset upload

`client.assets.create(AssetCreateParamsbody, RequestOptionsoptions?): AssetCreateResponse`

**post** `/assets`

Creates an asset from a source string. Pass source="signed-url" to reserve a direct upload URL, or pass an allowlisted HTTPS URL for server-side fetch. Mutating public API requests support an optional Idempotency-Key header for client retries; duplicate keys within two hours return idempotency_duplicate.

### Parameters

- `body: AssetCreateParams`

  - `source: string`

    Asset source as a string: either "signed-url" to reserve a direct upload URL, or an allowlisted HTTPS URL for server-side fetch.

  - `workspace_id: string`

    Workspace identifier. Use the public API ID returned by list workspaces; it must start with ws_.

  - `content_type?: string`

    Asset content type

  - `file_name?: string`

    Asset file name

  - `folder?: string`

    Destination folder

### Returns

- `AssetCreateResponse`

  - `asset_id: string`

    Asset identifier

  - `status: "pending_upload" | "ready" | "failed"`

    - `"pending_upload"`

    - `"ready"`

    - `"failed"`

  - `uploaded_via: "url" | "signed_url"`

    Asset source

    - `"url"`

    - `"signed_url"`

  - `url: string`

    Asset URL

  - `visibility: "workspace"`

    - `"workspace"`

  - `workspace_id: string`

    Workspace identifier

  - `expires_at?: string`

    Expiration time for the upload URL

  - `upload?: Upload`

    - `content_type: "multipart/form-data"`

      - `"multipart/form-data"`

    - `file_field: "file"`

      - `"file"`

    - `form_fields: Record<string, string>`

      Upload form fields

    - `method: "POST"`

      - `"POST"`

    - `url: string`

      Upload URL

  - `upload_url?: string`

    Upload URL (serialized)

### Example

```typescript
import FLORA from '@flora-ai/flora';

const client = new FLORA({
  apiKey: process.env['FLORA_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted
});

const asset = await client.assets.create({ source: 'signed-url', workspace_id: 'ws_abc123' });

console.log(asset.asset_id);
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "asset_id": "asset_abc123",
  "status": "pending_upload",
  "uploaded_via": "url",
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "visibility": "workspace",
  "workspace_id": "ws_abc123",
  "expires_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "upload": {
    "content_type": "multipart/form-data",
    "file_field": "file",
    "form_fields": {
      "foo": "string"
    },
    "method": "POST",
    "url": "https://example.com"
  },
  "upload_url": "https://upload.imagekit.io/api/v1/files/upload"
}
```