Get upload status

Returns the current status and metadata of an upload. Poll this endpoint until status is ‘ready’, then use the returned assetId when creating posts.

GET/uploads/{id}

Authorization

AuthorizationBearer token · headerrequired

API key authentication. Generate an API key from your workspace settings.

Path parameters

idstring<uuid>required

Upload job ID (UUID)

Responses

200

Upload status and metadata. Response shape depends on status.

One of:

UploadAwaitingUpload

idstring<uuid>

statusstring

Allowed:awaiting_upload

createdAtstring<date-time>

UploadPending

idstring<uuid>

statusstring

Allowed:pending

createdAtstring<date-time>

UploadProcessing

idstring<uuid>

statusstring

Allowed:processing

createdAtstring<date-time>

UploadReady

idstring<uuid>

statusstring

Allowed:ready

assetIdstring<uuid>

Asset ID to use when creating posts with attachments

filenamestring

Original filename of the uploaded file

mimetypestring

MIME type of the file (e.g., image/jpeg, video/mp4)

sizeinteger

File size in bytes

widthinteger | null

Width in pixels for images and videos

heightinteger | null

Height in pixels for images and videos

durationnumber | null

Duration in seconds for videos

expiresAtstring<date-time>

When the upload will expire if not used

createdAtstring<date-time>

readyAtstring<date-time>

When the upload finished processing

UploadFailed

idstring<uuid>

statusstring

Allowed:failed

errorstring

Error message describing why the upload failed

createdAtstring<date-time>

UploadExpired

idstring<uuid>

statusstring

Allowed:expired

expiredAtstring<date-time>

When the upload expired

createdAtstring<date-time>

401

Unauthorized - Missing or invalid API key

codestring

messagestring

404

Not Found - Resource does not exist

codestring

messagestring

Try it

Server

Base URLCustom base URLOverrides the selected server when set.

Authorization

Bearer tokenRemember on this deviceInclude my values in samples

Parameters

idpath*Upload job ID (UUID)

Request

curl -X GET 'https://app.tryordinal.com/api/v1/uploads/497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN'

const response = await fetch("https://app.tryordinal.com/api/v1/uploads/497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"
  }
});

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://app.tryordinal.com/api/v1/uploads/497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"
    },
)

Response

{
  "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "status": "awaiting_upload",
  "createdAt": "2026-02-04T10:30:00.000Z"
}

{
  "code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
  "message": "Invalid or unauthorized API key"
}

{
  "code": "NOT_FOUND",
  "message": "Post not found or does not belong to this workspace"
}