curl --request POST \
  --url https://cms.thepublive.com/publisher/{publisher_id}/media-library/ \
  --header 'Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
  --form filename=hero-image.jpg \
  --form media='@example-file' \
  --form 'alt_text=<string>' \
  --form 'caption=<string>' \
  --form 'source=<string>' \
  --form 'meta_data={}'

import requests

url = "https://cms.thepublive.com/publisher/{publisher_id}/media-library/"

files = { "media": ("example-file", open("example-file", "rb")) }
payload = {
    "filename": "hero-image.jpg",
    "alt_text": "<string>",
    "caption": "<string>",
    "source": "<string>",
    "meta_data": "{}"
}
headers = {"Authorization": "Basic <encoded-value>"}

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

print(response.text)

const form = new FormData();
form.append('filename', 'hero-image.jpg');
form.append('media', '<string>');
form.append('alt_text', '<string>');
form.append('caption', '<string>');
form.append('source', '<string>');
form.append('meta_data', '{}');

const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: 'Basic <encoded-value>'}};

options.body = form;

fetch('https://cms.thepublive.com/publisher/{publisher_id}/media-library/', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://cms.thepublive.com/publisher/{publisher_id}/media-library/",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"filename\"\r\n\r\nhero-image.jpg\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"media\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"alt_text\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"caption\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"source\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"meta_data\"\r\n\r\n{}\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>",
    "Content-Type: multipart/form-data"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://cms.thepublive.com/publisher/{publisher_id}/media-library/"

	payload := strings.NewReader("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"filename\"\r\n\r\nhero-image.jpg\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"media\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"alt_text\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"caption\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"source\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"meta_data\"\r\n\r\n{}\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--")

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Basic <encoded-value>")

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

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

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://cms.thepublive.com/publisher/{publisher_id}/media-library/")
  .header("Authorization", "Basic <encoded-value>")
  .body("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"filename\"\r\n\r\nhero-image.jpg\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"media\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"alt_text\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"caption\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"source\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"meta_data\"\r\n\r\n{}\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://cms.thepublive.com/publisher/{publisher_id}/media-library/")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Basic <encoded-value>'
request.body = "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"filename\"\r\n\r\nhero-image.jpg\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"media\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"alt_text\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"caption\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"source\"\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"meta_data\"\r\n\r\n{}\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--"

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

{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "Created Successfully",
  "data": {
    "id": 1000,
    "filename": "hero-image.jpg",
    "alt_text": "Hero banner image",
    "caption": "",
    "path": "https://cdn.publive.com/images/hero-image.jpg",
    "source": "Staff Photographer",
    "type": "Image",
    "meta_data": {},
    "date": "2026-02-12",
    "member": "admin"
  }
}

{
  "detail": "Invalid Auth Credentials"
}