Update Privacy

Toggle the privacy setting of an upload between public and private.

Request

This endpoint toggles the upload’s current privacy state — it does not read the request body. Calling it once on a public upload makes it private; calling it again makes it public again. No request body is required, and any body sent is ignored.

curl -X PATCH https://fucksornot.com/api/upload/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/privacy \
  -H "Cookie: auth-token=YOUR_JWT_TOKEN"

const response = await fetch(
  'https://fucksornot.com/api/upload/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/privacy',
  {
    method: 'PATCH',
    credentials: 'include' // sends the auth-token cookie
  }
);

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "upload": {
    "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    "user_id": "user-uuid",
    "filename": "abc123.webp",
    "original_name": "myimage.jpg",
    "description": "Check out this cool gadget",
    "upload_type": "image",
    "external_url": null,
    "upvotes": 42,
    "downvote_count": 5,
    "is_private": 1,
    "created_at": "2025-01-24T12:00:00Z"
  },
  "is_private": 1
}

Field	Type	Description
`success`	boolean	Whether the toggle succeeded
`upload`	object	The updated upload object, reflecting the new privacy state
`is_private`	integer	The upload’s privacy state after the toggle (0 = public, 1 = private)

Privacy Behavior

Private Uploads

Don’t appear in public feeds or search
Don’t appear on your public profile
Still accessible if you know the direct URL
Only you and admins can view via the API

Public Uploads

Appear in all public feeds
Show on your public profile
Searchable by tags

Errors

Status	Description
401	Not authenticated
404	Upload not found, or you’re not the owner (both cases return 404 to avoid confirming the upload’s existence)

Overview

Authentication

Uploads

Voting

Tags

Media

User

Request

Response

Privacy Behavior

Private Uploads

Public Uploads

Errors

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Response

Privacy Behavior

Private Uploads

Public Uploads

Errors