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Retrieve a tus upload offset

Returns the current byte offset and metadata for a resumable upload.

HEAD{UPLOAD_URL}
Note

Use the upload capability URL from the Location header of the successful create-upload response. It does not use ambient API2 host credentials.

Request example

Set UPLOAD_URL to the complete Location URL returned when creating the tus upload. Keep this URL secret.

curl --fail-with-body -sS --head \
  --url "${UPLOAD_URL:?Set UPLOAD_URL}" \
  --header 'tus-resumable: 1.0.0'

Request headers

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Normalized lowercase headers for a canonical tus HEAD request.

Fields beyond those listed for this object are accepted.

FieldType and description
tus-resumable

required

string (always: "1.0.0")

The negotiated tus version.

Response

HTTP 200

No response body.

Response headers
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FieldType and description
cache-control

required

string (always: "no-store")
tus-resumable

required

string (always: "1.0.0")
upload-concat
"partial" | string

Either partial or final; followed by one or more space-separated upload capability URLs returned by successful partial creation. The semicolon after final is required.

Any of the following schemas may apply:

string (always: "partial")
string
Variant 2: string
string
Validation pattern (regular expression)^final;https?:\/\/[^/\x09-\x0D\x20\xA0\u1680\u2000\u2001\u2002\u2003\u2004\u2005\u2006\u2007\u2008\u2009\u200a\u2028\u2029\u202f\u205f\u3000\ufeff]+\/resumable\/files\/[^/\x09-\x0D\x20\xA0\u1680\u2000\u2001\u2002\u2003\u2004\u2005\u2006\u2007\u2008\u2009\u200a\u2028\u2029\u202f\u205f\u3000\ufeff]+(?:\/[^/\x09-\x0D\x20\xA0\u1680\u2000\u2001\u2002\u2003\u2004\u2005\u2006\u2007\u2008\u2009\u200a\u2028\u2029\u202f\u205f\u3000\ufeff]+)*(?: https?:\/\/[^/\x09-\x0D\x20\xA0\u1680\u2000\u2001\u2002\u2003\u2004\u2005\u2006\u2007\u2008\u2009\u200a\u2028\u2029\u202f\u205f\u3000\ufeff]+\/resumable\/files\/[^/\x09-\x0D\x20\xA0\u1680\u2000\u2001\u2002\u2003\u2004\u2005\u2006\u2007\u2008\u2009\u200a\u2028\u2029\u202f\u205f\u3000\ufeff]+(?:\/[^/\x09-\x0D\x20\xA0\u1680\u2000\u2001\u2002\u2003\u2004\u2005\u2006\u2007\u2008\u2009\u200a\u2028\u2029\u202f\u205f\u3000\ufeff]+)*)*$
upload-metadata
string

Comma-separated metadata keys and canonical standard Base64 values serialized by the pinned tus runtime.

Validation pattern (regular expression)^(?:\t|[^\u0000- ,\u007f])+(?: (?:[A-Za-z0-9+/]{4})*(?:[A-Za-z0-9+/]{2}==|[A-Za-z0-9+/]{3}=)?)?(?:,(?:\t|[^\u0000- ,\u007f])+(?: (?:[A-Za-z0-9+/]{4})*(?:[A-Za-z0-9+/]{2}==|[A-Za-z0-9+/]{3}=)?)?)*$
upload-offset

required

string

A canonical unsigned base-10 byte count in the signed 64-bit range, without zero padding or a plus sign.

Validation pattern (regular expression)^(?:0|[1-9][0-9]{0,17}|[1-8][0-9]{18}|9[0-1][0-9]{17}|92[0-1][0-9]{16}|922[0-2][0-9]{15}|9223[0-2][0-9]{14}|92233[0-6][0-9]{13}|922337[0-1][0-9]{12}|92233720[0-2][0-9]{10}|922337203[0-5][0-9]{9}|9223372036[0-7][0-9]{8}|92233720368[0-4][0-9]{7}|922337203685[0-3][0-9]{6}|9223372036854[0-6][0-9]{5}|92233720368547[0-6][0-9]{4}|922337203685477[0-4][0-9]{3}|9223372036854775[0-7][0-9]{2}|922337203685477580[0-6]|9223372036854775807)$
x-content-type-options

required

string (always: "nosniff")

Any of the following schemas may apply:

required properties: content-length, upload-length

Fields beyond those listed for this object are accepted.

FieldType and description
content-length

required

string

A canonical unsigned base-10 byte count in the signed 64-bit range, without zero padding or a plus sign.

Validation pattern (regular expression)^(?:0|[1-9][0-9]{0,17}|[1-8][0-9]{18}|9[0-1][0-9]{17}|92[0-1][0-9]{16}|922[0-2][0-9]{15}|9223[0-2][0-9]{14}|92233[0-6][0-9]{13}|922337[0-1][0-9]{12}|92233720[0-2][0-9]{10}|922337203[0-5][0-9]{9}|9223372036[0-7][0-9]{8}|92233720368[0-4][0-9]{7}|922337203685[0-3][0-9]{6}|9223372036854[0-6][0-9]{5}|92233720368547[0-6][0-9]{4}|922337203685477[0-4][0-9]{3}|9223372036854775[0-7][0-9]{2}|922337203685477580[0-6]|9223372036854775807)$
upload-defer-length
never

This value is prohibited.

upload-length

required

string

A canonical unsigned base-10 byte count in the signed 64-bit range, without zero padding or a plus sign.

Validation pattern (regular expression)^(?:0|[1-9][0-9]{0,17}|[1-8][0-9]{18}|9[0-1][0-9]{17}|92[0-1][0-9]{16}|922[0-2][0-9]{15}|9223[0-2][0-9]{14}|92233[0-6][0-9]{13}|922337[0-1][0-9]{12}|92233720[0-2][0-9]{10}|922337203[0-5][0-9]{9}|9223372036[0-7][0-9]{8}|92233720368[0-4][0-9]{7}|922337203685[0-3][0-9]{6}|9223372036854[0-6][0-9]{5}|92233720368547[0-6][0-9]{4}|922337203685477[0-4][0-9]{3}|9223372036854775[0-7][0-9]{2}|922337203685477580[0-6]|9223372036854775807)$
upload-defer-length: "1"

Fields beyond those listed for this object are accepted.

FieldType and description
content-length
never

This value is prohibited.

upload-defer-length

required

string (always: "1")
upload-length
never

This value is prohibited.

Error response

No response body.

Response headers
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Fields beyond those listed for this object are accepted.

FieldType and description
content-type

required

string (always: "text/plain; charset=utf-8")
tus-resumable

required

string (always: "1.0.0")
x-content-type-options

required

string (always: "nosniff")
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