# Uploadcare

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/uploadcare/  
**Website:** https://uploadcare.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 11

Uploadcare is a file uploading and processing platform that provides REST APIs for file management, CDN delivery, image transformations, document conversion, video encoding, and malware scanning. Developers can integrate file upload widgets, manage files and metadata, apply on-the-fly image transformations via URL-based CDN API, handle multipart uploads for large files, configure webhooks, and leverage add-ons for extended processing capabilities.

## Kin Score — 44.7 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 44.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 67.1 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 21.1 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 50.0 |
| Access Clarity | 50.0 |

## Agent readiness — 43.2 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | verified |
| Event Surface Described | yes |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (11)

- **Uploadcare Upload API** — Upload API for direct binary file uploads, multipart uploads for large files (up to 5 TB), URL-based uploads, UUID-based uploads, and file group creation. Supports direct upload...
- **Uploadcare Add-Ons API** — An `Add-On` is an application implemented by Uploadcare that accepts uploaded files as an input and can produce other files and/or [appdata](#operation/fileInfo) as an output.
- **Uploadcare Conversion API** — The Conversion API from Uploadcare — 5 operation(s) for conversion.
- **Uploadcare File API** — The File API from Uploadcare — 6 operation(s) for file.
- **Uploadcare File information API** — There are a few ways to get information about uploaded file. One of them is on-the-fly with a request to CDN. Note: Other APIs also let you read file info: [after Upload](/docs/...
- **Uploadcare File metadata API** — File metadata is additional, arbitrary data, associated with uploaded file. As an example, you could store unique file identifier from your system. Metadata is key-value data. Y...
- **Uploadcare File names API** — Your original filenames can be accessed via [REST API](/docs/api/rest/). Make a request to receive a JSON response with file parameters including `original_filename`. You can se...
- **Uploadcare Group API** — The Group API from Uploadcare — 2 operation(s) for group.
- **Uploadcare Groups API** — The Groups API from Uploadcare — 2 operation(s) for groups.
- **Uploadcare Project API** — The Project API from Uploadcare — 1 operation(s) for project.
- **Uploadcare Webhook API** — The Webhook API from Uploadcare — 3 operation(s) for webhook.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Uploadcare Agentic Access** — 44 operations · 24 acting

## Security (3)

- **Uploadcare Authentication** — apiKey · 3 schemes
- **Uploadcare Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC
- **Uploadcare Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Uploadcare Plans Pricing**

## Tags

File Upload, File Management, CDN, Image Transformation, Document Conversion, Video Encoding, Malware Scanning, Storage, Webhook

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/uploadcare/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.