# Anthropic Files API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/anthropic/anthropic-files-api/  
**Provider:** Anthropic — https://apis.io/providers/anthropic/  
**Documentation:** https://docs.anthropic.com/en/api/files-create

Anthropic Files API is one of 24 APIs that [Anthropic](https://apis.io/providers/anthropic/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Artificial Intelligence and File. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an OpenAPI specification.

The Files API lets you upload and manage files for reuse across Messages, Batches, code execution, and Managed Agents without re-uploading content. 500 MB request limit; supports PDFs, images, Office documents, and plain text.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://docs.anthropic.com/en/api/files-create
- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/anthropic/refs/heads/main/openapi/anthropic-files-api-openapi.yml

## Other Anthropic APIs (12)

- [Anthropic Messages API](https://apis.io/apis/anthropic/anthropic-messages-api/)
- [Anthropic Models API](https://apis.io/apis/anthropic/anthropic-models-api/)
- [Anthropic Message Batches API](https://apis.io/apis/anthropic/anthropic-message-batches-api/)
- [Anthropic Token Counting API](https://apis.io/apis/anthropic/anthropic-token-counting-api/)
- [Anthropic Skills API](https://apis.io/apis/anthropic/anthropic-skills-api/)
- [Anthropic Claude Code Analytics API](https://apis.io/apis/anthropic/anthropic-claude-code-analytics-api/)
- [Anthropic Agents API](https://apis.io/apis/anthropic/anthropic-agents-api/)
- [Anthropic Api Keys API](https://apis.io/apis/anthropic/anthropic-api-keys-api/)
- [Anthropic Cost API](https://apis.io/apis/anthropic/anthropic-cost-api/)
- [Anthropic Environments API](https://apis.io/apis/anthropic/anthropic-environments-api/)
- [Anthropic Events API](https://apis.io/apis/anthropic/anthropic-events-api/)
- [Anthropic Organization API](https://apis.io/apis/anthropic/anthropic-organization-api/)

## Tags

Artificial Intelligence, File

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