DeepSeek Files API goes live: upload once, reuse images by file_id for free
deepseek_ai · x · 2026-08-21
DeepSeek announced the Files API, free to use. Upload an image once and reference it by fileid across requests, saving bandwidth and bypassing the 48 MiB request body limit.
- Single files up to 64 MiB, uploads must complete within 10 minutes.
- Optional expiry from 1 hour to 30 days; omit to keep files permanently.
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