diff --git a/ayanova/src/api/gzapi.js b/ayanova/src/api/gzapi.js
index 6e6b5afb..6d210c05 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/api/gzapi.js
+++ b/ayanova/src/api/gzapi.js
@@ -529,6 +529,50 @@ export default {
     } catch (error) {
       handleError("POSTATTACHMENT", error, route);
     }
+  },
+  //////////////////////////////////////////////
+  //  POST (UPLOAD) FILE TO ARBITRARY ROUTE
+  // for various things that require an upload
+  // e.g. translation import etc
+  //
+  //
+  async upload(route, at) {
+    let that = this;
+    try {
+      var files = at.files;
+      var data = new FormData();
+      for (var i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
+        data.append(files[i].name, files[i]);
+      }
+      if (at.ayaType) {
+        data.append("ObjectType", at.ayaType);
+      }
+      if (at.ayaId) {
+        data.append("ObjectId", at.ayaId);
+      }
+      if (at.notes) {
+        data.append("Notes", at.notes);
+      }
+      data.append("FileData", at.fileData);
+
+      //-----------------
+
+      let fetchOptions = {
+        method: "post",
+        mode: "cors",
+        headers: {
+          Authorization: "Bearer " + window.$gz.store.state.apiToken
+        },
+        body: data
+      };
+
+      let r = await fetch(that.APIUrl(route), fetchOptions);
+      that.statusEx(r);
+      r = await that.extractBodyEx(r);
+      return r;
+    } catch (error) {
+      handleError("POSTATTACHMENT", error, route);
+    }
   }
   //---------------