diff --git a/web/api/tests/tests.py b/web/api/tests/tests.py
index 14f39d7..4120637 100644
--- a/web/api/tests/tests.py
+++ b/web/api/tests/tests.py
@@ -6,15 +6,8 @@
 from accounts.models import CustomUser
 from api.middleware import add_slash
 from api.models import Collection, Document, Page, PageEmbedding
-from api.views import (
-    Bearer,
-    QueryFilter,
-    QueryIn,
-    filter_collections,
-    filter_documents,
-    filter_query,
-    router,
-)
+from api.views import (Bearer, QueryFilter, QueryIn, filter_collections,
+                       filter_documents, filter_query, router)
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError as DjangoValidationError
 from django.core.files.uploadedfile import SimpleUploadedFile
 from django.test import override_settings
@@ -1684,6 +1677,72 @@ async def test_create_embedding(async_client, user):
     assert response.json()["data"] != []
 
 
+async def test_create_embedding_invalid_input(async_client, user):
+    task = "image"
+    input_data = ["/Users/user/Desktop/image.png"]
+    response = await async_client.post(
+        "/embeddings/",
+        json={"task": task, "input_data": input_data},
+        headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {user.token}"},
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 422
+    assert response.json() == {
+        "detail": [
+            {
+                "type": "value_error",
+                "loc": ["body", "payload"],
+                "msg": "Value error, Each input must be a valid base64 string or a URL. Please use our Python SDK if you want to provide a file path.",
+                "ctx": {
+                    "error": "Each input must be a valid base64 string or a URL. Please use our Python SDK if you want to provide a file path."
+                },
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+
+
+async def test_create_embedding_valid_url_service_down(async_client, user):
+    task = "image"
+    input_data = ["https://tourism.gov.in/sites/default/files/2019-04/dummy-pdf_2.pdf"]
+    EMBEDDINGS_POST_PATH = "api.models.aiohttp.ClientSession.post"
+    # Create a mock response object with status 500
+    mock_response = AsyncMock()
+    mock_response.status = 500
+    mock_response.json.return_value = AsyncMock(return_value={"error": "Service Down"})
+    # Mock the context manager __aenter__ to return the mock_response
+    mock_response.__aenter__.return_value = mock_response
+    # Patch the aiohttp.ClientSession.post method to return the mock_response
+    with patch(EMBEDDINGS_POST_PATH, return_value=mock_response):
+        response = await async_client.post(
+            "/embeddings/",
+            json={"task": task, "input_data": input_data},
+            headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {user.token}"},
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 503
+
+
+async def test_create_embedding_valid_base64_service_down(async_client, user):
+    task = "image"
+    input_data = [
+        "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNk+A8AAQUBAScY42YAAAAASUVORK5CYII="
+    ]
+    EMBEDDINGS_POST_PATH = "api.models.aiohttp.ClientSession.post"
+    # Create a mock response object with status 500
+    mock_response = AsyncMock()
+    mock_response.status = 500
+    mock_response.json.return_value = AsyncMock(return_value={"error": "Service Down"})
+    # Mock the context manager __aenter__ to return the mock_response
+    mock_response.__aenter__.return_value = mock_response
+    # Patch the aiohttp.ClientSession.post method to return the mock_response
+    with patch(EMBEDDINGS_POST_PATH, return_value=mock_response):
+        response = await async_client.post(
+            "/embeddings/",
+            json={"task": task, "input_data": input_data},
+            headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {user.token}"},
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 503
+
+
 async def test_create_embedding_service_down(async_client, user):
     task = "query"
     input_data = ["What is 1 + 1"]
diff --git a/web/api/views.py b/web/api/views.py
index 6e03191..43acfc4 100644
--- a/web/api/views.py
+++ b/web/api/views.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import asyncio
 import base64
 import logging
+import re
 from enum import Enum
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 import aiohttp
 from accounts.models import CustomUser
@@ -18,7 +20,8 @@
 from ninja.security import HttpBearer
 from pgvector.utils import HalfVector
 from pydantic import Field, model_validator
-from svix.api import ApplicationIn, EndpointIn, EndpointUpdate, MessageIn, SvixAsync
+from svix.api import (ApplicationIn, EndpointIn, EndpointUpdate, MessageIn,
+                      SvixAsync)
 from typing_extensions import Self
 
 from .models import Collection, Document, MaxSim, Page
@@ -1266,6 +1269,24 @@ class EmbeddingsIn(Schema):
     input_data: List[str]
     task: TaskEnum
 
+    @model_validator(mode="after")
+    def validate_input_data(self) -> Self:
+        if self.task == TaskEnum.image:
+            for value in self.input_data:
+                # Validate base64
+                base64_pattern = r"^[A-Za-z0-9+/]+={0,2}$"
+                is_base64 = re.match(base64_pattern, value) and len(value) % 4 == 0
+
+                # Validate URL
+                parsed = urlparse(value)
+                is_url = all([parsed.scheme, parsed.netloc])
+
+                if not (is_base64 or is_url):
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        "Each input must be a valid base64 string or a URL. Please use our Python SDK if you want to provide a file path."
+                    )
+        return self
+
 
 class EmbeddingsOut(Schema):
     _object: str