# Upload File for an Existing Claim

Upload a file with and attach it to a claim that has already been submitted

## Upload File for an Existing Claim

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `https://api.xclaim.xcover-staging.com/partners/{partnerCode}/claims/{claimUuid}/files`

Upload a file with and attach it to a claim that has already been submitted. Note that the `section_field_id` in this request can be obtained from the FNOL request for a given claim type.

#### Path Parameters

| Name                                          | Type   | Description |
| --------------------------------------------- | ------ | ----------- |
| partnerCode<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | String | eg. XYZ999  |

#### Headers

| Name                                            | Type   | Description          |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ------ | -------------------- |
| Authorization<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | String | Bearer {{JWT token}} |

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="422: Unprocessable Entity " %}
{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Request" %}

```json
{
    "file": "dummy.pdf <file-resource>",
    "section_field_id": null
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Response" %}

```json
{
    "type": "exception",
    "message": "422 Unprocessable Content",
    "errors": {
        "sectionFieldId": [
            "The section field id must be a valid UUID."
        ]
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="422: Unprocessable Entity " %}
{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Request" %}

```json
{
    "file": "dummy.pdf <file-resource>",
    "section_field_id": "96f13930-f64b-4f00-90cd-7b6983edfb91"
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Response" %}

```json
{
    "type": "exception",
    "message": "Could not find the claim with id of fd98bfd5-7702-4ede-afdc-78686b3bdf99"
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="201: Created " %}
{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Request" %}

```
{
    "file": "dummy.pdf <file-resource>",
    "section_field_id": "96f13930-f64b-4f00-90cd-7b6983edfb91"
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Response" %}

```json
{
    "data": {
        "id": "017dc109-10a6-4163-8a11-2d54b3093ffe",
        "claimId": "fd98bfd5-7702-4ede-afdc-78686b3bdfb9",
        "location": "claim_files/f76698c4-5360-11ee-9151-41990e09938a.pdf",
        "meta": {
            "dirname": ".",
            "basename": "dummy.pdf",
            "extension": "pdf",
            "filename": "dummy"
        },
        "createdAt": "2023-09-15T00:44:02+00:00",
        "updatedAt": "2023-09-15T00:44:02+00:00"
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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