Dispatch Files API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Dispatch API v1 Files API
  version: '1'
  summary: Upload and retrieve photos and other files shared with service providers and customers.
  description: The Dispatch Files API stores photos and other files associated with a job, and is served from a host distinct from the core Dispatch REST API. Files are uploaded as multipart/form-data and retrieved by UID, which redirects to the stored object.
  contact:
    name: Dispatch
    url: https://dispatch.me/contact
    email: sales@dispatch.me
servers:
- url: https://files-api.dispatch.me
  description: Production
- url: https://files-api-sandbox.dispatch.me
  description: Sandbox
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Files
  description: Files and photos associated with a job.
paths:
  /v1/datafiles:
    post:
      operationId: uploadDatafile
      tags:
      - Files
      summary: Upload a file
      description: Upload a photo or other file using Content-Type multipart/form-data with a `file` part. Returns the datafile record including the UID used to retrieve it.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - file
              properties:
                file:
                  type: string
                  format: binary
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The created datafile
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  datafile:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Datafile'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - your OAuth2 bearer token is incorrect.
        '422':
          description: Unprocessable Entity - the upload did not pass validation.
  /v1/datafiles/{uid}:
    parameters:
    - name: uid
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
    get:
      operationId: getDatafile
      tags:
      - Files
      summary: View a file by UID
      description: Responds with a 302 redirect to the stored object.
      responses:
        '302':
          description: Redirect to the stored file
          headers:
            Location:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: uri
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - your OAuth2 bearer token is incorrect.
        '404':
          description: Not Found - requested file could not be found.
components:
  schemas:
    Datafile:
      type: object
      properties:
        uid:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        filename:
          type: string
        mime_type:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        bucket_id:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: OAuth 2.0 bearer token obtained from the core API at POST /v3/oauth/token.
x-apievangelist:
  generated: '2026-07-20'
  method: generated
  source: https://github.com/DispatchMe/v3-api-docs/blob/master/source/index.html.md#files-photos
  note: Generated from the "Files and Photos" section of Dispatch's public REST API v3 documentation. The Files API is served from a different host than the core API.