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# uploadTask(with:fromFile:)

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

```
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

The new session upload task.

## 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()`](/documentation/Foundation/URLSessionTask/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.

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