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# Save file as an asset

POST https://api.athenaintel.com/api/v0/tools/file/save
Content-Type: multipart/form-data

Save a file as an asset in the target workspace.

Reference: https://docs.athenaintel.com/api-reference/tools/save-asset

## Authentication

- `X-API-KEY` header (required) — API Key authentication via header

## Request

### Query parameters

- `parent_folder_id` (string, optional, nullable) — Identifier of the folder into which the asset should be saved
- `workspace_id` (string, optional, nullable) — Identifier of the workspace to save the asset into. Defaults to the caller's current workspace. The caller must be a member of the specified workspace.

### Body (multipart/form-data)

This endpoint expects a multipart form containing a file.

- `file` (file, required)

## Response

### 200

Successful Response

- `asset_id` (string, required)

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

parent_folder_id does not exist, is not a folder, is archived, or is not in the workspace the file is saved to (the requested workspace_id, else the caller's current workspace). Nothing is saved.

- `message` (string, required)

### 403 Forbidden Error

User is not a member of the requested workspace (detail), or cannot see parent_folder_id, or cannot edit it or the Drive it is in (a ParentFolderError message). Nothing is saved.

- `any`

### 413 Content Too Large Error

Content Too Large

- `message` (string, required)

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Unprocessable Content

- `media_type` (string, required)
- `message` (string, required)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "file": "<file: [object Object]>"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "asset_id": "asset_123425-1234-123452-123456789"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.athenaintel.com/api/v0/tools/file/save"

files = { "file": "open('[object Object]', 'rb')" }
headers = {"X-API-KEY": "<apiKey>"}

response = requests.post(url, files=files, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.athenaintel.com/api/v0/tools/file/save';
const form = new FormData();
form.append('file', '[object Object]');

const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {'X-API-KEY': '<apiKey>'}};

options.body = form;

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.athenaintel.com/api/v0/tools/file/save"

	payload := strings.NewReader("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"[object Object]\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("X-API-KEY", "<apiKey>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.athenaintel.com/api/v0/tools/file/save")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-API-KEY"] = '<apiKey>'
request.body = "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"[object Object]\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.athenaintel.com/api/v0/tools/file/save")
  .header("X-API-KEY", "<apiKey>")
  .body("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"[object Object]\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.athenaintel.com/api/v0/tools/file/save', [
  'multipart' => [
    [
        'name' => 'file',
        'filename' => '[object Object]',
        'contents' => null
    ]
  ]
  'headers' => [
    'X-API-KEY' => '<apiKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.athenaintel.com/api/v0/tools/file/save");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("X-API-KEY", "<apiKey>");
request.AddParameter("undefined", "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"[object Object]\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["X-API-KEY": "<apiKey>"]
let parameters = [
  [
    "name": "file",
    "fileName": "[object Object]"
  ]
]

let boundary = "---011000010111000001101001"

var body = ""
var error: NSError? = nil
for param in parameters {
  let paramName = param["name"]!
  body += "--\(boundary)\r\n"
  body += "Content-Disposition:form-data; name=\"\(paramName)\""
  if let filename = param["fileName"] {
    let contentType = param["content-type"]!
    let fileContent = String(contentsOfFile: filename, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8)
    if (error != nil) {
      print(error as Any)
    }
    body += "; filename=\"\(filename)\"\r\n"
    body += "Content-Type: \(contentType)\r\n\r\n"
    body += fileContent
  } else if let paramValue = param["value"] {
    body += "\r\n\r\n\(paramValue)"
  }
}

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.athenaintel.com/api/v0/tools/file/save")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```