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_py39.py hl[14] *}

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

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

        if (form.uploadFile == null) {
            throwValidationError(messages -> messages.addErrorsStorageNoUploadFile(GLOBAL), () -> asListHtml(form.path));
        }
        verifyToken(() -> asListHtml(form.path));
        try {
            uploadObject(getObjectName(form.path, form.uploadFile.getFileName()), form.uploadFile);
        } catch (final StorageException e) {

        }

        File uploadFile;
        // normalize filename
        if (checkFileType(fileName, fessConfig.getSupportedUploadedMediaExtentionsAsArray())
                && checkFileType(uploadedFileName, fessConfig.getSupportedUploadedMediaExtentionsAsArray())) {
            uploadFile = new File(getServletContext().getRealPath("/images/" + fileName));

The files and form fields will be uploaded as form data and you will receive the files and form fields.

And you can declare some of the files as `bytes` and some as `UploadFile`.

/// warning

    }

    /** The name of the storage item, limited to 100 characters */
    @Size(max = 100)
    public String name;

    /** The file to be uploaded for the storage item */
    public MultipartFormFile uploadFile;

    - how-to/configure-swagger-ui.md
    - how-to/testing-database.md
- Reference (Code API):
  - reference/index.md
  - reference/fastapi.md
  - reference/parameters.md
  - reference/status.md
  - reference/uploadfile.md
  - reference/exceptions.md
  - reference/dependencies.md
  - reference/apirouter.md
  - reference/background.md
  - reference/request.md
  - reference/websockets.md
  - reference/httpconnection.md

## 0.73.0

### Features

* ✨ Add support for declaring `UploadFile` parameters without explicit `File()`. PR [#4469](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/4469) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo). New docs: [Request Files - File Parameters with UploadFile](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/request-files/#file-parameters-with-uploadfile).