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Directus / @directus/sdk / rest / importFile

Function: importFile() ​

importFile<Schema, TQuery>(url, data, query?): RestCommand<IfAny<Schema, Record<string, any>, { [K in string | number | symbol]: Merge<MappedFunctionFields<Schema, UnpackList<IfAny<Schema, Object, "directus_files" extends keyof (...) ? (...) extends (...) ? (...) : (...) : Object>>> extends FF ? MapFlatFields<UnpackList<IfAny<Schema, Object, "directus_files" extends keyof (...) ? (...) extends (...) ? (...) : (...) : Object>>, FieldsWildcard<UnpackList<IfAny<Schema, Object, (...) extends (...) ? (...) : (...)>>, Exclude<UnpackList<Mutable<(...)>>, PickRelationalFields<(...)> extends never ? never : AllKeys<(...)>>>, FF extends Record<string, string> ? FF<FF> : Record<string, string>> : never, PickRelationalFields<UnpackList<Mutable<TQuery["fields"]>>> extends never ? never : { [Field in string | number | symbol]: Field extends keyof UnpackList<IfAny<(...), (...), (...)>> ? Extract<(...)[(...)], ItemType<(...)>> extends RelatedCollection ? IsNullable<(...)[(...)], (...) | (...), (...) extends (...) ? (...) : (...)> : never : never }>[K] }>, Schema>

Import a file from the web

Type Parameters ​

• Schema

• TQuery extends Query<Schema, DirectusFile<Schema>>

Parameters ​

• url: string

The url to import the file from

• data: Partial<DirectusFile<Schema>> = {}

Formdata object

• query?: TQuery

The query parameters

Returns ​

RestCommand<IfAny<Schema, Record<string, any>, { [K in string | number | symbol]: Merge<MappedFunctionFields<Schema, UnpackList<IfAny<Schema, Object, "directus_files" extends keyof (...) ? (...) extends (...) ? (...) : (...) : Object>>> extends FF ? MapFlatFields<UnpackList<IfAny<Schema, Object, "directus_files" extends keyof (...) ? (...) extends (...) ? (...) : (...) : Object>>, FieldsWildcard<UnpackList<IfAny<Schema, Object, (...) extends (...) ? (...) : (...)>>, Exclude<UnpackList<Mutable<(...)>>, PickRelationalFields<(...)> extends never ? never : AllKeys<(...)>>>, FF extends Record<string, string> ? FF<FF> : Record<string, string>> : never, PickRelationalFields<UnpackList<Mutable<TQuery["fields"]>>> extends never ? never : { [Field in string | number | symbol]: Field extends keyof UnpackList<IfAny<(...), (...), (...)>> ? Extract<(...)[(...)], ItemType<(...)>> extends RelatedCollection ? IsNullable<(...)[(...)], (...) | (...), (...) extends (...) ? (...) : (...)> : never : never }>[K] }>, Schema>

Returns the file object for the imported file.

Defined in ​

rest/commands/create/files.ts:42