---
title: "uploadTask(with:fromFile:)"
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "foundation/urlsession/uploadtask(with:fromfile:)"
---

# uploadTask(with:fromFile:)

Creates a task that performs an HTTP request for uploading the specified file.

## Declaration

```swift
func uploadTask(with request: URLRequest, fromFile fileURL: URL) -> URLSessionUploadTask
```

## Parameters

- `request`: A URL request object that provides the URL, cache policy, request type, and so on. The body stream and body data in this request object are ignored.
- `fileURL`: The URL of the file to upload.

## Return Value

Return Value The new session upload task.

## Discussion

Discussion An HTTP upload request is any request that contains a request body, such as a POST or PUT request. Upload tasks require you to create a request object so that you can provide metadata for the upload, like HTTP request headers. After you create the task, you must start it by calling its resume() method. The task calls methods on the session’s delegate to provide you with the upload’s progress, response metadata, response data, and so on.

## See Also

### Adding upload tasks to a session

- [Building a resumable upload server with SwiftNIO](foundation/building-a-resumable-upload-server-with-swiftnio.md)
- [uploadTask(with:from:)](foundation/urlsession/uploadtask(with:from:).md)
- [uploadTask(with:from:completionHandler:)](foundation/urlsession/uploadtask(with:from:completionhandler:).md)
- [uploadTask(with:fromFile:completionHandler:)](foundation/urlsession/uploadtask(with:fromfile:completionhandler:).md)
- [uploadTask(withStreamedRequest:)](foundation/urlsession/uploadtask(withstreamedrequest:).md)
- [uploadTask(withResumeData:)](foundation/urlsession/uploadtask(withresumedata:).md)
- [uploadTask(withResumeData:completionHandler:)](foundation/urlsession/uploadtask(withresumedata:completionhandler:).md)
- [URLSessionUploadTask](foundation/urlsessionuploadtask.md)
- [URLSessionDataDelegate](foundation/urlsessiondatadelegate.md)