---
title: "Complete send files"
method: POST
path: "/shares/complete-send/{id}"
tags: ["Shares"]
---

# Complete send files

`POST /shares/complete-send/{id}`

After uploading the file(s) to be sent, this method will trigger invitation emails and finish the send files setup. If you are not sending files from your own computer in a send, you will not need this step.
  
**How to send files from your computer using the API**:

In order to use the API to send files which are not already stored in your account, you'll need to follow a three-step process:

1. Use the [POST /shares](#operation/addShare) endpoint to set up your send, including password, recipients, expiration, etc. You must include **upload** among the permissions in the `accessMode` and set the `sendingLocalFiles` paramter to **true**. The response that is returned will include a "meta" attribute, which contains an **accessToken** attribute. This new access token is valid only for the send.
2. Use the [POST /resources/upload](#operation/uploadFile) endpoint to upload your files to the send you've created. The "/" path represents the root of the share, not your home directory. **You must send the access token that you received from the first step in the `ev-access-token` header**
3. Use the [POST /shares/complete-send/{id}](#operation/completeDirectSend) endpoint to indicate that you have finished uploading files to your send. This will trigger the system to remove the **upload** permission from the share and send any invitation emails you set up in the first step of the process. **You must send YOUR access token in the `ev-access-token` header, not the temporary access token**

## Path parameters

- `id` integer, required

## Headers

- `ev-api-key` string, required
- `ev-access-token` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful operation

- ShareResponse — unresolved $ref

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