InstantDB

InstantDB Storage API

File upload, listing, and deletion.

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Operations 3

PUT /admin/storage/upload Upload a file #

DELETE /admin/storage/files Delete a single file #

POST /admin/storage/files/delete Delete multiple files #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: InstantDB Admin HTTP Auth Storage API
  description: HTTP Admin API for InstantDB (Instant), the realtime client-side database. The Admin API runs server-side at https://api.instantdb.com, authenticated with a Bearer admin token plus an App-Id header, and bypasses permission rules. It exposes InstaQL reads (POST /admin/query), InstaML writes (POST /admin/transact), auth (refresh tokens, magic codes, users), storage (upload, list, delete), and presence.
  termsOfService: https://www.instantdb.com/terms
  contact:
    name: InstantDB Support
    url: https://www.instantdb.com/docs/http-api
  version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://api.instantdb.com
  description: InstantDB production Admin API
security:
- adminToken: []
tags:
- name: Storage
  description: File upload, listing, and deletion.
paths:
  /admin/storage/upload:
    put:
      operationId: adminStorageUpload
      tags:
      - Storage
      summary: Upload a file
      description: Uploads a file to Instant storage. Supply the destination via the `Path` header and the appropriate `Content-Type`; the request body is the raw binary file content.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AppId'
      - name: Path
        in: header
        required: true
        description: Destination path for the uploaded file.
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/octet-stream:
            schema:
              type: string
              format: binary
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The created file record.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
  /admin/storage/files:
    delete:
      operationId: adminStorageDeleteFile
      tags:
      - Storage
      summary: Delete a single file
      description: Deletes one file by its storage path.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AppId'
      - name: filename
        in: query
        required: true
        description: The storage path of the file to delete.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: File deleted.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
  /admin/storage/files/delete:
    post:
      operationId: adminStorageDeleteFiles
      tags:
      - Storage
      summary: Delete multiple files
      description: Deletes multiple files in one request by their storage paths.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AppId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - filenames
              properties:
                filenames:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
            example:
              filenames:
              - images/cat.png
              - docs/readme.txt
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Files deleted.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
components:
  parameters:
    AppId:
      name: App-Id
      in: header
      required: true
      description: The Instant application id.
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    adminToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'Admin token issued in the InstantDB dashboard, sent as `Authorization: Bearer $ADMIN_TOKEN`.'