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title: Upload via custom path
description: You can use a custom ID path to upload an image instead of the path automatically generated by Cloudflare Images’ Universal Unique Identifier (UUID).
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# Upload via custom path

You can use a custom ID path to upload an image instead of the path automatically generated by Cloudflare Images’ Universal Unique Identifier (UUID).

Custom paths support:

* Up to 1,024 characters.
* Any number of subpaths.
* The [UTF-8 encoding standard ↗](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8) for characters.

Note

Images with custom ID paths cannot be made private using [signed URL tokens](https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/optimization/hosted-images/serve-private-images/). Additionally, when [serving images](https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/optimization/hosted-images/serve-uploaded-images/), any `%` characters present in Custom IDs must be encoded to `%25` in the image delivery URLs.

Make a `POST` request using the example below as reference. You can use custom ID paths when you upload via a URL or with a direct file upload.

Terminal window

```

curl --request POST https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/images/v1 \

--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \

--form 'url=https://<REMOTE_PATH_TO_IMAGE>' \

--form 'id=<PATH_TO_YOUR_IMAGE>'


```

After successfully uploading the image, you will receive a response similar to the example below.

```

{

  "result": {

    "id": "<PATH_TO_YOUR_IMAGE>",

    "filename": "<YOUR_IMAGE>",

    "uploaded": "2022-04-20T09:51:09.559Z",

    "requireSignedURLs": false,

    "variants": [

      "https://imagedelivery.net/Vi7wi5KSItxGFsWRG2Us6Q/<PATH_TO_YOUR_IMAGE>/public"

    ]

  },

  "result_info": null,

  "success": true,

  "errors": [],

  "messages": []

}


```

Explain Code

```json
{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/directory/","name":"Directory"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/images/","name":"Cloudflare Images"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"/images/storage/","name":"Storage"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@id":"/images/storage/upload-images/","name":"Upload images"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@id":"/images/storage/upload-images/upload-custom-path/","name":"Upload via custom path"}}]}
```