Upload File in Laravel 11 Using API with Postman

Postman application allows users to call APIs to send and receive data from the server through the REST API.

To upload a file, create a REST API in Laravel and create a new request in Postman with form data to allow users to choose file upload in Laravel 11 applications.

Let’s start to create file upload using postman via rest api:

Step 1: Create an API Endpoint for File Upload

Create a file upload controller to handle file upload logic into it:

php artisan make:controller FileController

Open FileController.php in the app/Http/Controllers folder and add a method to handle file uploads:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class FileController extends Controller
{
    public function upload(Request $request)
    {
        if ($request->hasFile('file')) {
            $file = $request->file('file');
            $fileName = $file->getClientOriginalName();
            $file->move(public_path('uploads'), $fileName);

            return response()->json(['message' => 'File uploaded successfully'], 200);
        } else {
            return response()->json(['error' => 'No file uploaded'], 400);
        }
    }
}

Step 2: Define Routes

Define a route to this controller method in routes/api.php:

use App\Http\Controllers\FileController;

Route::post('/upload', [FileController::class, 'upload']);

Step 3: Testing with Postman

Open Postman and create a new request for file upload with the following url on postman;

http://localhost:8000/api/upload

And then Go to the “Body” tab and select “form-data” and Add a key named “file” and select the file you want to upload using the “Choose Files” button, and click on the “Send” button to send the request.

Step 4: Verify the File Upload

When you upload file, you will receive response on your postman.