Developer API

Automate permanent uploads. Every file returns a lifetime URL and credit receipt.

Base URL

https://filecrater.site/api/v1

Demo endpoints on this mock run under the same origin (/api/*).

Endpoints

POST /api/estimate — credit cost from file size

POST /api/upload — upload file → permanent URL

POST /api/buy-credits — purchase a credit pack

DELETE /api/files/:id — delete a vault file

Upload example

curl -X POST https://filecrater.site/api/upload \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -F "file=@release.zip"

# Response
{
  "ok": true,
  "url": "https://filecrater.site/7fXk9aQ2pL",
  "credits_used": 12,
  "credits_remaining": 2468,
  "file": { "name": "release.zip", "permanent": true }
}

Estimate example

curl -X POST https://filecrater.site/api/estimate \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"photo.jpg","size":3210000}'

# → { "credits": 4, "cost_usd": 0.04, "type": "image" }

Authentication

Production keys are issued from Account → API. This demo uses session cookies — no key required in the browser mock.

Create account for API access