diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 431ce17bc..08212fbbb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Change Log for SD.Next
 
-## Update for 2026-03-08
+## Update for 2026-03-09
 
-### Highlights for 2026-03-08
+### Highlights for 2026-03-09
 
 This release brings massive code refactoring to modernize codebase and removal of some obsolete features. Leaner & Faster!  
 And since its a bit quieter period when it comes to new models, so we have two deep fine-tunes: *FireRed-Image-Edit* and *SkyWorks-UniPic-3*  
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ But also many smaller quality-of-life improvements - for full details, see [Chan
 
 [ReadMe](https://github.com/vladmandic/automatic/blob/master/README.md) | [ChangeLog](https://github.com/vladmandic/automatic/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) | [Docs](https://vladmandic.github.io/sdnext-docs/) | [WiKi](https://github.com/vladmandic/automatic/wiki) | [Discord](https://discord.com/invite/sd-next-federal-batch-inspectors-1101998836328697867) | [Sponsor](https://github.com/sponsors/vladmandic)  
 
-### Details for 2026-03-08
+### Details for 2026-03-09
 
 - **Models**
   - [Google Flash 3.1 Image](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3-flash-preview) a.k.a. *Nano Banana 2*  
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ But also many smaller quality-of-life improvements - for full details, see [Chan
   - **themes** add *CTD-NT64Light*, *CTD-NT64Medium* and *CTD-NT64Dark*, thanks @resonantsky  
   - **themes** add *Vlad-Neomorph*  
   - **gallery** add option to auto-refresh gallery, thanks @awsr  
+- **API**
+  - new `/sdapi/v1/upload` endpoint with support for both POST with form-data or PUT using raw-bytes  
 - **Internal**
   - `python==3.13` full support  
   - `python==3.14` initial support  
diff --git a/modules/api/api.py b/modules/api/api.py
index 90c432101..fa61b8365 100644
--- a/modules/api/api.py
+++ b/modules/api/api.py
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ class Api:
         from modules.civitai import api_civitai
         api_civitai.register_api()
 
+        # upload api
+        from modules.api import upload
+        upload.register_api()
+
     def add_api_route(self, path: str, fn, auth: bool = True, **kwargs):
         if auth and self.credentials:
             deps = list(kwargs.get('dependencies', []))
diff --git a/modules/api/endpoints.py b/modules/api/endpoints.py
index 763cb2aa6..f6eccd0ca 100644
--- a/modules/api/endpoints.py
+++ b/modules/api/endpoints.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from modules import shared
 from modules.api import models, helpers
 
 
-
 def get_samplers():
     from modules import sd_samplers_diffusers
     all_samplers = []
diff --git a/modules/api/models.py b/modules/api/models.py
index 482373bb0..09870d8e2 100644
--- a/modules/api/models.py
+++ b/modules/api/models.py
@@ -504,9 +504,9 @@ def create_model_from_signature(func: Callable, model_name: str, base_model: typ
             extra = 'allow' if varkw else 'ignore'
         config = CustomConfig
         if base_model == BaseModel:
-             create_model_args = {'__config__': config}
+            create_model_args = {'__config__': config}
         else:
-             create_model_args = {'__base__': base_model}
+            create_model_args = {'__base__': base_model}
 
     model = create_model(
         model_name,
diff --git a/modules/api/upload.py b/modules/api/upload.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9133c7176
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/api/upload.py
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import os
+import tempfile
+from pathlib import Path
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+from fastapi import Request, Header, UploadFile, Form
+from fastapi.exceptions import HTTPException
+from modules import paths
+from modules.logger import log
+from modules.images import FilenameGenerator
+
+
+"""
+new endpoint: /sdapi/v1/upload
+- if path is not given, file fill be uploaded to system temp folder
+- if path is given, its considered as relative to sdnext root (datadir) and must exist
+- absolute paths or paths outside of sdnext root are not allowed
+
+example using post with formdata:
+> curl -X POST "http://localhost:7860/sdapi/v1/upload" -F "file=@/home/vlado/dev/sdnext/config.json" -F overwrite=true -F path=data
+
+example using put with raw bytes:
+> curl -X PUT "http://localhost:7860/sdapi/v1/upload" -T config.json -H "filename:config.json" -H "path:data/" -H "overwrite:true"
+"""
+
+class ResUpload(BaseModel):
+    input: str
+    output: str
+    mime: str
+    size: int
+    overwrite: bool
+
+
+def check_file(filename, path, overwrite):
+    namegen = FilenameGenerator()
+    if len(path) > 0 and (os.path.isabs(path) or not os.path.isdir(path)):
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="Invalid path")
+    fn = os.path.join(path, filename)
+    fn = namegen.sanitize(fn)
+    if Path(fn).parent == Path('.'): # just filename, no path
+        fn = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), fn)
+    else:
+        fn = os.path.join(paths.data_path, fn)
+    if os.path.exists(fn) and len(overwrite) == 0:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="File exists")
+    return fn
+
+def put_upload(request: Request,
+               filename: str = Header(''),
+               filetype: str = Header('application/octet-stream'),
+               overwrite: str = Header(''),
+               path: str = Header('')
+              ) -> ResUpload:
+    fn = check_file(filename, path, overwrite)
+    try:
+        from asyncio import run
+        content = run(request.body())
+        with open(fn, 'wb') as f:
+            f.write(content)
+        res = ResUpload(input=filename, output=fn, mime=filetype, size=len(content), overwrite=len(overwrite) > 0)
+        log.trace(f'API upload: {res.dict()}')
+        return res
+    except Exception as e:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="Upload failed") from e
+
+def post_upload(file: UploadFile, overwrite: str = Form(''), path: str = Form('')) -> ResUpload:
+    fn = check_file(file.filename, path, overwrite)
+    try:
+        content = file.file.read()
+        with open(fn, 'wb') as f:
+            f.write(content)
+        res = ResUpload(input=file.filename, output=fn, mime=file.content_type, size=len(content), overwrite=len(overwrite) > 0)
+        log.trace(f'API upload: {res.dict()}')
+        return res
+    except Exception as e:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="Upload failed") from e
+
+def register_api():
+    from modules.shared import api
+    api.add_api_route("/sdapi/v1/upload", post_upload, methods=["POST"], response_model=ResUpload, tags=["Upload"])
+    api.add_api_route("/sdapi/v1/upload", put_upload, methods=["PUT"], response_model=ResUpload, tags=["Upload"])
diff --git a/modules/image/namegen.py b/modules/image/namegen.py
index fc4737112..4432b2595 100644
--- a/modules/image/namegen.py
+++ b/modules/image/namegen.py
@@ -66,9 +66,10 @@ class FilenameGenerator:
     }
     default_time_format = '%Y%m%d%H%M%S'
 
-    def __init__(self, p, seed, prompt, image=None, grid=False, width=None, height=None):
+    def __init__(self, p=None, seed:int=-1, prompt:str='', image=None, grid=False, width=None, height=None):
         if p is None:
             debug_log('Filename generator init skip')
+            return
         else:
             debug_log(f'Filename generator init: seed={seed} prompt="{prompt}"')
         self.p = p