---
title: "bird assets uploads handoff"
description: "Open a browser fallback for a media upload"
canonical: "https://bird.com/docs/cli/reference/assets-uploads-handoff"
---

# `bird assets uploads handoff`

## Usage

```bash
bird assets uploads handoff <upload-id> [flags]
```

## Description

Use assets.uploads.handoff only when the code environment cannot PUT to the upload hostname and the customer cannot or does not want to change its network settings. It returns a Bird page where an authorized person selects the original file and publishes it. A generated file must first be downloaded. The person's browser still needs access to the storage hostname. Opening the page does not finish the upload; use assets.uploads.get with the original connection to read the saved result.

## Procedure

Step 1 of 2 of "Finish a blocked upload in the browser". Next: bird assets uploads get.

## Examples

```bash
bird assets uploads handoff <id>
```

## Options

| Name                | Description                                                  |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `--idempotency-key` | Deduplication key; a retry with the same key won't act twice |
| `--response-schema` | Print the fields this command returns, then exit             |

## Related

| Name                                                                          | Description                                |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| [`bird assets uploads cancel`](/docs/cli/reference/assets-uploads-cancel)     | Cancel a media-library upload              |
| [`bird assets uploads complete`](/docs/cli/reference/assets-uploads-complete) | Complete a media-library upload            |
| [`bird assets uploads create`](/docs/cli/reference/assets-uploads-create)     | Create a media-library upload session      |
| [`bird assets uploads get`](/docs/cli/reference/assets-uploads-get)           | Get a media-library upload session         |
| [`bird assets uploads prepare`](/docs/cli/reference/assets-uploads-prepare)   | Refresh a media-library upload instruction |

## Related resources

- [Should I use a Bird SDK or call the API directly?](/explained/platform/should-i-use-an-sdk-or-call-the-api-directly) (answer)
- [Build your first integration](/learn/paths/integration) (course)
- [Send your first email](/docs/get-started/send-your-first-email) (docs)

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