diff --git a/server/middlewares/multipart.ts b/server/middlewares/multipart.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b0425e41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/middlewares/multipart.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { Next } from "koa";
+import { bytesToHumanReadable } from "@shared/utils/files";
+import { InvalidRequestError } from "@server/errors";
+import { APIContext } from "@server/types";
+import { getFileFromRequest } from "@server/utils/koa";
+
+export default function multipart({
+  maximumFileSize,
+}: {
+  maximumFileSize: number;
+}) {
+  return async function multipartMiddleware(ctx: APIContext, next: Next) {
+    if (!ctx.is("multipart/form-data")) {
+      ctx.throw(
+        InvalidRequestError("Request type must be multipart/form-data")
+      );
+    }
+
+    const file = getFileFromRequest(ctx.request);
+    if (!file) {
+      ctx.throw(InvalidRequestError("Request must include a file parameter"));
+    }
+
+    if (file.size > maximumFileSize) {
+      ctx.throw(
+        InvalidRequestError(
+          `The selected file was larger than the ${bytesToHumanReadable(
+            maximumFileSize
+          )} maximum size`
+        )
+      );
+    }
+
+    ctx.input = { ...(ctx.input ?? {}), file };
+    return next();
+  };
+}
diff --git a/server/middlewares/validate.ts b/server/middlewares/validate.ts
index 24f7e55ef..a36e4d354 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/validate.ts
+++ b/server/middlewares/validate.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ import { APIContext, BaseReq } from "@server/types";
 export default function validate<T extends z.ZodType<BaseReq>>(schema: T) {
   return async function validateMiddleware(ctx: APIContext, next: Next) {
     try {
-      ctx.input = schema.parse(ctx.request);
+      ctx.input = {
+        ...(ctx.input ?? {}),
+        ...schema.parse(ctx.request),
+      };
     } catch (err) {
       if (err instanceof ZodError) {
         const { path, message } = err.issues[0];
diff --git a/server/routes/api/BaseSchema.ts b/server/routes/api/BaseSchema.ts
index 04d7dba43..f78137358 100644
--- a/server/routes/api/BaseSchema.ts
+++ b/server/routes/api/BaseSchema.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+import formidable from "formidable";
 import { z } from "zod";
 
 const BaseSchema = z.object({
   body: z.unknown(),
   query: z.unknown(),
+  file: z.custom<formidable.File>().optional(),
 });
 
 export default BaseSchema;
diff --git a/server/routes/api/documents/documents.ts b/server/routes/api/documents/documents.ts
index eb77701e6..e2ce59799 100644
--- a/server/routes/api/documents/documents.ts
+++ b/server/routes/api/documents/documents.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import mime from "mime-types";
 import { Op, ScopeOptions, WhereOptions } from "sequelize";
 import { TeamPreference } from "@shared/types";
 import { subtractDate } from "@shared/utils/date";
-import { bytesToHumanReadable } from "@shared/utils/files";
 import slugify from "@shared/utils/slugify";
 import documentCreator from "@server/commands/documentCreator";
 import documentImporter from "@server/commands/documentImporter";
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@ import {
 } from "@server/errors";
 import Logger from "@server/logging/Logger";
 import auth from "@server/middlewares/authentication";
+import multipart from "@server/middlewares/multipart";
 import { rateLimiter } from "@server/middlewares/rateLimiter";
 import { transaction } from "@server/middlewares/transaction";
 import validate from "@server/middlewares/validate";
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ import {
 import { APIContext } from "@server/types";
 import { RateLimiterStrategy } from "@server/utils/RateLimiter";
 import ZipHelper from "@server/utils/ZipHelper";
-import { getFileFromRequest } from "@server/utils/koa";
 import parseAttachmentIds from "@server/utils/parseAttachmentIds";
 import { getTeamFromContext } from "@server/utils/passport";
 import { assertPresent } from "@server/validation";
@@ -1217,26 +1216,11 @@ router.post(
   auth(),
   rateLimiter(RateLimiterStrategy.TwentyFivePerMinute),
   validate(T.DocumentsImportSchema),
+  multipart({ maximumFileSize: env.MAXIMUM_IMPORT_SIZE }),
   transaction(),
   async (ctx: APIContext<T.DocumentsImportReq>) => {
-    if (!ctx.is("multipart/form-data")) {
-      throw InvalidRequestError("Request type must be multipart/form-data");
-    }
-
     const { collectionId, parentDocumentId, publish } = ctx.input.body;
-
-    const file = getFileFromRequest(ctx.request);
-    if (!file) {
-      throw InvalidRequestError("Request must include a file parameter");
-    }
-
-    if (env.MAXIMUM_IMPORT_SIZE && file.size > env.MAXIMUM_IMPORT_SIZE) {
-      throw InvalidRequestError(
-        `The selected file was larger than the ${bytesToHumanReadable(
-          env.MAXIMUM_IMPORT_SIZE
-        )} maximum size`
-      );
-    }
+    const file = ctx.input.file;
 
     const { transaction } = ctx.state;
     const { user } = ctx.state.auth;
diff --git a/server/routes/api/documents/schema.ts b/server/routes/api/documents/schema.ts
index 747321383..03f697040 100644
--- a/server/routes/api/documents/schema.ts
+++ b/server/routes/api/documents/schema.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import emojiRegex from "emoji-regex";
+import formidable from "formidable";
 import isEmpty from "lodash/isEmpty";
 import isUUID from "validator/lib/isUUID";
 import { z } from "zod";
@@ -272,6 +273,7 @@ export const DocumentsImportSchema = BaseSchema.extend({
     /** Import under this parent doc */
     parentDocumentId: z.string().uuid().nullish(),
   }),
+  file: z.custom<formidable.File>(),
 });
 
 export type DocumentsImportReq = z.infer<typeof DocumentsImportSchema>;