# Upload files via Form API

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/upload-files-via-form-api/11458>\
**Category:** APIs & Integrations\
**Tags:** forms\
**Created:** [August 7, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/upload-files-via-form-api/11458 "2018-08-07T21:12:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![nikolajovanovic](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/nikolajovanovic/32/2679_2.png) [@nikolajovanovic](https://community.hubspot.com/u/nikolajovanovic)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/upload-files-via-form-api/11458/1 "2018-08-07T21:12:05Z")

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Hello,

I was just testing file upload via the form. It worked, the file was successfully uploaded, my contact property for the file was updated, I got CDN link to that file and it was hidden in File Manager as stated in your documentation.

However, how can I upload a file the same way using Form API?

Thanks in advance,  
Nikola

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**Author:** ![IsaacTakushi](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/isaactakushi/32/70387_2.png) [@IsaacTakushi](https://community.hubspot.com/u/IsaacTakushi)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/upload-files-via-form-api/11458/2 "2018-08-08T13:13:49Z")

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Hi @nikolajovanovic,

As David outlines in [this post](https://integrate.hubspot.com/t/form-api-file-field/1557)…

![]() [Form API File field](https://integrate.hubspot.com/t/form-api-file-field/1557/2?u=itakushi) [Forms](https://community.hubspot.com/c/forms)

> Hi [@andreas.tinocolobo](https://community.hubspot.com/u/andreas.tinocolobo) File upload properties are text properties, and they’re designed to store the URL of a file that’s uploaded to some storage platform. The property itself cannot store an actual file, so if you’re using an upload property in a custom form, you’d need to upload the file separately, and then store a URL that could be used to access that file in the actual form field being sent to HubSpot.

…you can pass a file URL through the [Forms API](https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/methods/forms/submit_form), but it _won’t_ automatically upload the file to the HubSpot file manager like it does when you manually submit a form.

That said, you can upload hidden files to the file manager through [this method](https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/methods/files/post_files).