# `UploadFile` class

You can define *path operation function* parameters to be of the type `UploadFile` to receive files from the request.

You can import it directly from `fastapi`:

```python
from fastapi import UploadFile
```

::: fastapi.UploadFile
    options:
        members:
            - file
            - filename
            - size
            - headers
            - content_type
            - read

from fastapi import FastAPI, File, UploadFile

app = FastAPI()


@app.post("/files/")
async def create_file(file: bytes = File(description="A file read as bytes")):
    return {"file_size": len(file)}


@app.post("/uploadfile/")
async def create_upload_file(
    file: UploadFile = File(description="A file read as UploadFile"),
):

from typing import Annotated

from fastapi import FastAPI, File, UploadFile

app = FastAPI()


@app.post("/files/")
async def create_file(file: Annotated[bytes | None, File()] = None):
    if not file:
        return {"message": "No file sent"}
    else:
        return {"file_size": len(file)}


@app.post("/uploadfile/")
async def create_upload_file(file: UploadFile | None = None):
    if not file:

    app = FastAPI()

    testing_file_store: list[UploadFile] = []

    @app.post("/uploadfile/")
    def create_upload_file(file: UploadFile):
        testing_file_store.append(file)
        return {"filename": file.filename}

    client = TestClient(app)
    with path.open("rb") as file:
        response = client.post("/uploadfile/", files={"file": file})
    assert response.status_code == 200, response.text

from typing import Annotated

from fastapi import FastAPI, File, UploadFile

app = FastAPI()


@app.post("/files/")
async def create_file(file: Annotated[bytes, File(description="A file read as bytes")]):
    return {"file_size": len(file)}


@app.post("/uploadfile/")
async def create_upload_file(
    file: Annotated[UploadFile, File(description="A file read as UploadFile")],
):

But there are several cases in which you might benefit from using `UploadFile`.

## File Parameters with `UploadFile` { #file-parameters-with-uploadfile }

Define a file parameter with a type of `UploadFile`:

{* ../../docs_src/request_files/tutorial001_an_py310.py hl[14] *}

Using `UploadFile` has several advantages over `bytes`:

* You don't have to use `File()` in the default value of the parameter.

from fastapi import FastAPI, File, UploadFile
from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse

app = FastAPI()


@app.post("/files/")
async def create_files(files: list[bytes] = File()):
    return {"file_sizes": [len(file) for file in files]}


@app.post("/uploadfiles/")
async def create_upload_files(files: list[UploadFile]):
    return {"filenames": [file.filename for file in files]}


@app.get("/")
async def main():

from fastapi import FastAPI, File, UploadFile
from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse

app = FastAPI()


@app.post("/files/")
async def create_files(
    files: list[bytes] = File(description="Multiple files as bytes"),
):
    return {"file_sizes": [len(file) for file in files]}


@app.post("/uploadfiles/")
async def create_upload_files(
    files: list[UploadFile] = File(description="Multiple files as UploadFile"),
):

    ```python
    from typing import Annotated

    from fastapi import FastAPI, File, UploadFile

    app = FastAPI()


    @app.post("/files/")
    async def create_file(file: Annotated[bytes, File()]):
        return {"file_size": len(file)}


    @app.post("/uploadfile/")
    async def create_upload_file(file: UploadFile):
        return {"filename": file.filename}
    ```
    """

    file: Annotated[

from fastapi import FastAPI, File, UploadFile

app = FastAPI()


@app.post("/files/")
async def create_file(file: bytes = File()):
    return {"file_size": len(file)}


@app.post("/uploadfile/")
async def create_upload_file(file: UploadFile):