Upload media

You can use the following two methods to upload media to the Google My Business API:

• Upload from a URL.
• Upload from bytes.

Upload from a URL

To upload photos to the Google My Business API using a URL, making the following call to Media.Create. Use the relevant category as needed.

POST https://mybusiness.googleapis.com/v4/accounts/{accountId}/locations/{locationId}/media
{
  "mediaFormat": "PHOTO",
  "locationAssociation": {
    "category": "COVER"
  },
  "sourceUrl": “http://example.com/biz/image.jpg",
}

To use a URL to upload videos, make the following call to Media.Create:

POST https://mybusiness.googleapis.com/v4/accounts/{accountId}/locations/{locationId}/media
{
  "mediaFormat": "VIDEO",
  "locationAssociation": {
    "category": "ADDITIONAL"
  },
  "sourceUrl": “http://example.com/biz/video.mp4",
}

Upload from bytes

Use the following steps to upload media to the Google My Business API from bytes:

Note: There's only support to upload media from bytes for locations. To include media in a local post, you must upload it from a URL.

1. To begin the upload, make the following call:

     POST https://mybusiness.googleapis.com/v4/accounts/{accountId}/locations/{locationId}/media:startUpload
     

   The response from the API returns a body that contains a MediaItemDataRef:

     {
     "resourceName": "GoogleProvidedValue",
     }

2. Use the resourceName returned by the call made in the previous step to upload the bytes. The following is an example where the media to be uploaded is a photo:

   curl -X POST -T ~/Downloads/pictureToUpload.jpg  "https://mybusiness.googleapis.com/upload/v1/media/{GoogleProvidedValue}?upload_type=media"

   Following is an example if the media is a video:

   curl -X POST -T ~/Downloads/videoToUpload.mp4  "https://mybusiness.googleapis.com/upload/v1/media/{GoogleProvidedValue}?upload_type=media"

3. Call Media.Create using the resourceName returned in Step 1. Use the relevant mediaFormat and category

     POST https://mybusiness.googleapis.com/v4/accounts/{accountId}/locations/{locationId}/media
     {
       "mediaFormat": "PHOTO",
       "locationAssociation": {
         "category": "COVER"
       },
       "dataRef": {
         "resourceName": "GoogleProvidedValue"
       },
     }

     POST https://mybusiness.googleapis.com/v4/accounts/{accountId}/locations/{locationId}/media
     {
       "mediaFormat": "VIDEO",
       "locationAssociation": {
         "category": "ADDITIONAL"
       },
       "dataRef": {
         "resourceName": "GoogleProvidedValue"
       },
     }