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# Upload evidence photos for container

POST https://api.cargovision.app/v1/containers/{id}/evidence
Content-Type: multipart/form-data

Upload one or more evidence photos with optional notes for a container inspection.
Supports multipart/form-data with multiple images (max 5 per request).


Reference: https://docs.cargovision.app/api-reference/cargovision-rest-api/containers/upload-evidence-photos-for-container

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Servers

- `https://api.cargovision.app` (Production Server, default)
- `http://localhost:8080` (Local Development Server)

## Request

### Path parameters

- `id` (string, required) — Container ID (MongoDB ObjectId, 24 hex characters)

### Body (multipart/form-data)

This endpoint expects a multipart form with multiple files.

- `images` (files, required) — One or more image files (JPEG/PNG, max 5MB each, max 5 files)
- `notes` (string, optional) — Text notes describing the evidence
- `voiceNotes` (string, optional) — Transcribed voice notes
- `capturedAt` (datetime, optional) — ISO 8601 timestamp when photo was taken
- `latitude` (double, optional) — GPS latitude where photo was taken
- `longitude` (double, optional) — GPS longitude where photo was taken

## Response

### 201

Evidence uploaded successfully

- `success` (boolean, optional)
- `data` (V1ContainersIdEvidencePostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaData, optional)

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Invalid request (no images provided, invalid ID format)

- `success` (boolean, optional)
- `error` (ErrorError, optional)

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized

- `any`

### 404 Not Found Error

Container not found

- `success` (boolean, optional)
- `error` (ErrorError, optional)

### 413 Content Too Large Error

File too large (exceeds 5MB limit)

- `success` (boolean, optional)
- `error` (ErrorError, optional)

### 415 Unsupported Media Type Error

Unsupported media type (only JPEG/PNG allowed)

- `success` (boolean, optional)
- `error` (ErrorError, optional)

## Types

### V1ContainersIdEvidencePostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaData

- `evidenceIds` (list of string, optional)
- `containerId` (string, optional)
- `uploadedCount` (integer, optional)
- `uploadedAt` (datetime, optional)
- `uploadedBy` (string, optional) — Email address of user who uploaded the evidence

### ErrorError

- `code` (string, optional) — Error code for programmatic handling
- `message` (string, optional) — Human-readable error message

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "images": [
    "<file: string>"
  ]
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "evidenceIds": [
      "ev_1705312200000_abc123def",
      "ev_1705312200001_xyz789ghi"
    ],
    "containerId": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011",
    "uploadedCount": 2,
    "uploadedAt": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
    "uploadedBy": "string"
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.cargovision.app/v1/containers/id/evidence"

files = { "images": "open('string', 'rb')" }
payload = {
    "capturedAt": ,
    "latitude": ,
    "longitude": ,
    "notes": ,
    "voiceNotes": 
}
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.cargovision.app/v1/containers/id/evidence';
const form = new FormData();
form.append('capturedAt', '');
form.append('images', 'string');
form.append('latitude', '');
form.append('longitude', '');
form.append('notes', '');
form.append('voiceNotes', '');

const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

options.body = form;

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.cargovision.app/v1/containers/id/evidence"

	payload := strings.NewReader("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"capturedAt\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"images\"; filename=\"string\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"latitude\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"longitude\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"notes\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"voiceNotes\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n")

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

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

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

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.cargovision.app/v1/containers/id/evidence")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request.body = "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"capturedAt\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"images\"; filename=\"string\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"latitude\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"longitude\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"notes\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"voiceNotes\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n"

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

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.cargovision.app/v1/containers/id/evidence")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .body("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"capturedAt\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"images\"; filename=\"string\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"latitude\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"longitude\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"notes\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"voiceNotes\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.cargovision.app/v1/containers/id/evidence', [
  'multipart' => [
    [
        'name' => 'images',
        'filename' => 'string',
        'contents' => null
    ]
  ]
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.cargovision.app/v1/containers/id/evidence");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddParameter("undefined", "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"capturedAt\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"images\"; filename=\"string\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"latitude\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"longitude\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"notes\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"voiceNotes\"\r\n\r\n\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--\r\n", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]
let parameters = [
  [
    "name": "capturedAt",
    "value": 
  ],
  [
    "name": "images",
    "fileName": "string"
  ],
  [
    "name": "latitude",
    "value": 
  ],
  [
    "name": "longitude",
    "value": 
  ],
  [
    "name": "notes",
    "value": 
  ],
  [
    "name": "voiceNotes",
    "value": 
  ]
]

let boundary = "---011000010111000001101001"

var body = ""
var error: NSError? = nil
for param in parameters {
  let paramName = param["name"]!
  body += "--\(boundary)\r\n"
  body += "Content-Disposition:form-data; name=\"\(paramName)\""
  if let filename = param["fileName"] {
    let contentType = param["content-type"]!
    let fileContent = String(contentsOfFile: filename, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8)
    if (error != nil) {
      print(error as Any)
    }
    body += "; filename=\"\(filename)\"\r\n"
    body += "Content-Type: \(contentType)\r\n\r\n"
    body += fileContent
  } else if let paramValue = param["value"] {
    body += "\r\n\r\n\(paramValue)"
  }
}

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.cargovision.app/v1/containers/id/evidence")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```