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Sanity Assets API

The Sanity Assets API handles uploading, retrieving, and managing file and image assets in Content Lake. Assets are stored as documents and referenced from content documents.

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POST /assets/images/{dataset} Upload Image Asset #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Sanity HTTP Assets API
  description: The Sanity HTTP API provides access to the Sanity Content Lake platform, enabling querying, mutating, and managing structured content. The API supports GROQ queries, real-time event streaming, asset management, project management, webhooks, scheduling, and AI-powered content agents. Authentication uses Bearer tokens generated from Sanity project settings.
  version: v2024-01-01
  contact:
    name: Sanity Support
    url: https://www.sanity.io/docs
  license:
    name: Commercial
    url: https://www.sanity.io/legal/terms
servers:
- url: https://{projectId}.api.sanity.io/v{apiVersion}
  description: Sanity project-scoped API endpoint
  variables:
    projectId:
      description: Your Sanity project ID
      default: your-project-id
    apiVersion:
      description: API version date (YYYY-MM-DD)
      default: '2024-01-01'
- url: https://api.sanity.io/v{apiVersion}
  description: Sanity management API endpoint
  variables:
    apiVersion:
      description: API version date
      default: '2024-01-01'
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Assets
  description: File and image asset management
paths:
  /assets/images/{dataset}:
    post:
      operationId: uploadImageAsset
      summary: Upload Image Asset
      description: Upload an image asset to the Sanity Content Lake. Supports common image formats (JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF, SVG).
      tags:
      - Assets
      parameters:
      - name: dataset
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: filename
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Original filename for the asset
      - name: label
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Human-readable label for the asset
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          image/*:
            schema:
              type: string
              format: binary
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Asset uploaded successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AssetDocument'
components:
  schemas:
    AssetDocument:
      type: object
      properties:
        document:
          type: object
          properties:
            _id:
              type: string
            _type:
              type: string
              enum:
              - sanity.imageAsset
              - sanity.fileAsset
            url:
              type: string
            path:
              type: string
            mimeType:
              type: string
            size:
              type: integer
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Sanity project API token

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