diff --git a/packages/api/src/datalayer/upload_files/model.ts b/packages/api/src/datalayer/upload_files/model.ts
index c6a2055d8..49db669e2 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/datalayer/upload_files/model.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/datalayer/upload_files/model.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export const createKeys = exclude(keys, defaultedKeys)
 export type CreateSet = PickTuple<UploadFileData, typeof createKeys> &
   Partialize<DefaultedSet>
 
-export const updateKeys = ['status'] as const
+export const updateKeys = ['url', 'status'] as const
 
 export type UpdateSet = PickTuple<UploadFileData, typeof updateKeys>
 
diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/upload_files/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/upload_files/index.ts
index d0888c3f8..d6c9684e5 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/upload_files/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/upload_files/index.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { WithDataSourcesContext } from '../types'
 import {
   generateUploadSignedUrl,
   generateUploadFilePathName,
+  getFilePublicUrl,
 } from '../../utils/uploads'
 import path from 'path'
 import normalizeUrl from 'normalize-url'
@@ -19,6 +20,12 @@ import { env } from '../../env'
 import { createPage, getPageByParam, updatePage } from '../../elastic/pages'
 import { PageType } from '../../elastic/types'
 import { generateSlug } from '../../utils/helpers'
+import { validateUrl } from '../../services/create_page_save_request'
+
+const isFileUrl = (url: string): boolean => {
+  const parsedUrl = new URL(url)
+  return parsedUrl.protocol == 'file:'
+}
 
 export const uploadFileRequestResolver: ResolverFn<
   UploadFileRequestResult,
@@ -60,6 +67,17 @@ export const uploadFileRequestResolver: ResolverFn<
     if (!fileName) {
       fileName = 'content.pdf'
     }
+
+    if (!isFileUrl(url)) {
+      try {
+        validateUrl(url)
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.log('illegal file input url', error)
+        return {
+          errorCodes: [UploadFileRequestErrorCode.BadInput],
+        }
+      }
+    }
   } catch {
     return { errorCodes: [UploadFileRequestErrorCode.BadInput] }
   }
@@ -82,12 +100,28 @@ export const uploadFileRequestResolver: ResolverFn<
       input.contentType
     )
 
+    const publicUrl = getFilePublicUrl(uploadFilePathName)
+
+    // If this is a file URL, we swap in the GCS public URL
+    if (isFileUrl(input.url)) {
+      await models.uploadFile.update(uploadFileData.id, {
+        url: publicUrl,
+        status: UploadFileStatus.Initialized,
+      })
+    }
+
     let createdPageId: string | undefined = undefined
     if (input.createPageEntry) {
-      const page = await getPageByParam({
-        userId: claims.uid,
-        url: input.url,
-      })
+      // If we have a file:// URL, don't try to match it
+      // and create a copy of the page, just create a
+      // new item.
+      const page = isFileUrl(input.url)
+        ? await getPageByParam({
+            userId: claims.uid,
+            url: input.url,
+          })
+        : undefined
+
       if (page) {
         if (
           !(await updatePage(
@@ -105,7 +139,7 @@ export const uploadFileRequestResolver: ResolverFn<
       } else {
         const pageId = await createPage(
           {
-            url: input.url,
+            url: isFileUrl(input.url) ? publicUrl : input.url,
             id: input.clientRequestId || '',
             userId: claims.uid,
             title: title,
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/uploads.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/uploads.ts
index 2fc5535d6..6c4492479 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/uploads.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/uploads.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ const storage = env.fileUpload?.gcsUploadSAKeyFilePath
   : new Storage()
 const bucketName = env.fileUpload.gcsUploadBucket
 
+export const getFilePublicUrl = (filePathName: string): string => {
+  return storage.bucket(bucketName).file(filePathName).publicUrl()
+}
+
 export const generateUploadSignedUrl = async (
   filePathName: string,
   contentType: string,
diff --git a/packages/api/test/resolvers/upload_file_request.test.ts b/packages/api/test/resolvers/upload_file_request.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ec593195
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/api/test/resolvers/upload_file_request.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+import { createTestUser, deleteTestUser } from '../db'
+import {
+  generateFakeUuid,
+  graphqlRequest,
+  request,
+} from '../util'
+import * as chai from 'chai'
+import { expect } from 'chai'
+import 'mocha'
+import { User } from '../../src/entity/user'
+import chaiString from 'chai-string'
+import {
+  PageContext,
+} from '../../src/elastic/types'
+import { createPubSubClient } from '../../src/datalayer/pubsub'
+import {
+  deletePage,
+  getPageById,
+} from '../../src/elastic/pages'
+
+chai.use(chaiString)
+
+// INPUT
+// clientRequestId?: InputMaybe<Scalars['String']>;
+// contentType: Scalars['String'];
+// createPageEntry?: InputMaybe<Scalars['Boolean']>;
+// url: Scalars['String'];
+
+const uploadFileRequest = async (
+  authToken: string,
+  inputUrl: string,
+  clientRequestId: string,
+  createPageEntry = true
+  ) => {
+  const query = `
+  mutation {
+    uploadFileRequest(
+      input: {
+        contentType: "application/pdf",
+        clientRequestId: "${clientRequestId}",
+        createPageEntry: ${createPageEntry},
+        url: "${inputUrl}"
+      }
+    ) {
+      ... on ArchiveLinkSuccess {
+        linkId
+      }
+      ... on ArchiveLinkError {
+        errorCodes
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  `
+  return graphqlRequest(query, authToken).expect(200)
+}
+
+describe('uploadFileRequest API', () => {
+  const username = 'fakeUser'
+  let authToken: string
+  let user: User
+  let ctx: PageContext
+
+  before(async () => {
+    // create test user and login
+    user = await createTestUser(username)
+    const res = await request
+      .post('/local/debug/fake-user-login')
+      .send({ fakeEmail: user.email })
+
+    authToken = res.body.authToken
+
+    ctx = {
+      pubsub: createPubSubClient(),
+      refresh: true,
+      uid: user.id,
+    }
+  })
+
+  after(async () => {
+    await deleteTestUser(username)
+  })
+
+  describe('UploadFileRequest', () => {
+    context('when create article is true', () => {
+      const clientRequestId = generateFakeUuid()
+
+      after(async () => {
+        await deletePage(clientRequestId, ctx)
+      })
+
+      it('should create an article if create article is true', async () => {
+        const res = await uploadFileRequest(authToken, 'https://www.google.com', clientRequestId, true)
+        expect(res.body.data.uploadFileRequest.createdPageId).to.eql(clientRequestId)
+        const page = await getPageById(clientRequestId)
+        expect(page).to.be
+      })
+
+      it('should not save a file:// URL', async () => {
+        const res = await uploadFileRequest(authToken, 'file://foo.bar', clientRequestId, true)
+        expect(res.body.data.uploadFileRequest.createdPageId).to.eql(clientRequestId)
+        const page = await getPageById(clientRequestId)
+        expect(page?.url).to.startWith("https://")
+      })
+    })
+  })
+})
+