Title: Upload by rest api
Last modified: April 19, 2022

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# Upload by rest api

 *  Resolved [vizzzio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vizzzio/)
 * (@vizzzio)
 * [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-by-rest-api/)
 * Good day!
 * Can you please tell me how can I upload media files from an external url using
   the rest api?

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 *  [kimvt1991](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kimvt1991/)
 * (@kimvt1991)
 * [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-by-rest-api/#post-15573655)
 * Hello,
 * Our plugin does not support rest api but there’s a built-in function for this:
 *     ```
       if ( class_exists( 'EXMAGE_WP_IMAGE_LINKS' ) ) {
       				$url            = 'https://ps.w.org/exmage-wp-image-links/assets/icon-128x128.jpg';//image url
       				$post_parent    = 0;//ID of the post that you want this image to be attached to
       				$external_image = EXMAGE_WP_IMAGE_LINKS::add_image( $url, $image_id, $post_parent );
       			}
       ```
   
 * Best regards
 *  Thread Starter [vizzzio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vizzzio/)
 * (@vizzzio)
 * [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-by-rest-api/#post-15574202)
 * Thank you!

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 * Last reply from: [vizzzio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vizzzio/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-by-rest-api/#post-15574202)
 * Status: resolved