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This method accepts a document thumbnail file via Multi-Part POST.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
fileMulti-Part POST(required) The contents of the file to upload. This needs to be expressed as part of a multi-part HTTP POST
doc_idinteger(required) The doc_id to attach the uploaded thumbnail to.
api_keystring(required) API key assigned to your account.
api_sigstring(optional) MD5 hash of the active request and your secret key. This is an optional security measure. See the signing documentation for more info.
session_keystring(optional) A session key for a signed in user. If this parameter is provided, your application will carry out actions on behalf of the signed in user corresponding to the session key. Otherwise, your application will carry out actions on behalf of the user account associated with the API account. See the authentication documentation for more information
my_user_idstring(optional) This parameter is intended for sites with their own user authentication system. You can create phantom Scribd accounts that correspond to your users by simply passing the unique identifier you use to identify your own user accounts to my_user_id. If you pass this parameter to an API method, the API will act as if it were executed by the phantom user corresponding to my_user_id. See the authentication documentation for more information.

Sample return XML

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <rsp stat="ok">
    </rsp>

Error codes

401Unauthorized
500Internal Server Error. Scribd has been notified about this problem.
601Required parameter missing
603No file data was sent
604Initial file saving failed
611Insufficient permissions to access this document
612Document could not be found
617Invalid file parameter - you attempted to pass a string literal as a file. You need to call a multi-part POST, passing the file as file data instead of a simple parameter

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