Media

BASE URL: https://api.umbraco.io

Common Headers

Api-Version: 2
Umb-Project-Alias: {project-alias}

Authentication

Auth is required for this API meaning that you must supply a Bearer Token via an Authorization header or an API Key via an Authorization or Api-Key header.

Errors

If an error occours you will receive a HTTP status code along with an API error code and an error message in the response body.

Status Code	Error Code	Message
400	BadRequest	Body cannot be empty.
401	Unauthorized	Authorization has been denied for this request.
403	Forbidden	You are not authorized to access the given resource.
404	NotFound	Media with id '{id}' could not be found.
422	ValidationFailed	Validation error occured when trying to save or update the media item.
500	InternalServerError	Internal server error.

Status Code

Error Code

Message

400

BadRequest

Body cannot be empty.

401

Unauthorized

Authorization has been denied for this request.

403

Forbidden

You are not authorized to access the given resource.

404

NotFound

Media with id '{id}' could not be found.

422

ValidationFailed

Validation error occured when trying to save or update the media item.

500

InternalServerError

Internal server error.

JSON example:

{
  "error": {
    "code": "Unauthorized",
    "message": "Authorization has been denied for this request."
  }
}

Get root media

Get all media at the root of the tree, which the authorized user has access to according to the 'Start node'-permissions.

URL: /media

Method: GET

Permissions required : Access to Media section of the Umbraco Backoffice

Success Response

Code: 200

Content Example:

{
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media"
        },
        "media": [
            {
                "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/{id}",
                "templated": true
            },
            {
                "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/7bfa2332-cf7f-4c97-941d-50f43f085b06"
            },
            {
                "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/bff96d2a-18a7-4d72-b788-72e2034a5514"
            },
            {
                "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/9924b6e9-51fd-4686-ad9a-cb59dbe9b4b1"
            }
        ],
        "children": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/{id}/children{?page,pageSize}",
            "templated": true
        },
        "mediatype": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/type/{alias}",
            "templated": true
        }
    },
    "_embedded": {
        "media": [
            {
                "_hasChildren": true,
                "_level": 1,
                "_createDate": "2019-10-04T11:46:06.653Z",
                "_id": "7bfa2332-cf7f-4c97-941d-50f43f085b06",
                "_updateDate": "2019-10-04T11:46:06.653Z",
                "_links": {
                    "self": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/7bfa2332-cf7f-4c97-941d-50f43f085b06"
                    },
                    "root": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media"
                    },
                    "children": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/7bfa2332-cf7f-4c97-941d-50f43f085b06/children"
                    },
                    "mediatype": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/type/Folder"
                    }
                },
                "mediaTypeAlias": "Folder",
                "name": "Design",
                "sortOrder": 1
            },
            {
                "_hasChildren": true,
                "_level": 1,
                "_createDate": "2019-10-04T11:46:14.32Z",
                "_id": "bff96d2a-18a7-4d72-b788-72e2034a5514",
                "_updateDate": "2019-10-04T11:46:14.32Z",
                "_links": {
                    "self": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/bff96d2a-18a7-4d72-b788-72e2034a5514"
                    },
                    "root": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media"
                    },
                    "children": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/bff96d2a-18a7-4d72-b788-72e2034a5514/children"
                    },
                    "mediatype": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/type/Folder"
                    }
                },
                "mediaTypeAlias": "Folder",
                "name": "People",
                "sortOrder": 2
            },
            {
                "_hasChildren": true,
                "_level": 1,
                "_createDate": "2019-10-04T11:46:21.433Z",
                "_id": "9924b6e9-51fd-4686-ad9a-cb59dbe9b4b1",
                "_updateDate": "2019-10-04T11:46:21.433Z",
                "_links": {
                    "self": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/9924b6e9-51fd-4686-ad9a-cb59dbe9b4b1"
                    },
                    "root": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media"
                    },
                    "children": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/9924b6e9-51fd-4686-ad9a-cb59dbe9b4b1/children"
                    },
                    "mediatype": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/type/Folder"
                    }
                },
                "mediaTypeAlias": "Folder",
                "name": "Products",
                "sortOrder": 3
            }
        ]
    }
}

Get by id

Get specific media item by its GUID ID.

URL: /media/{id}

Method: GET

Permissions required : Access to Media section of the Umbraco Backoffice

Success Response

Code: 200

Content Example:

{
    "_hasChildren": false,
    "_level": 2,
    "_createDate": "2019-10-04T13:08:52.203Z",
    "_id": "f2311d74-bc19-465b-8028-4af79f47f155",
    "_updateDate": "2019-10-04T13:08:52.203Z",
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/f2311d74-bc19-465b-8028-4af79f47f155"
        },
        "root": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media"
        },
        "children": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/f2311d74-bc19-465b-8028-4af79f47f155/children"
        },
        "mediatype": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/type/Image"
        }
    },
    "mediaTypeAlias": "Image",
    "name": "Banjo",
    "parentId": "9924b6e9-51fd-4686-ad9a-cb59dbe9b4b1",
    "sortOrder": 4,
    "umbracoFile": {
        "src": "/media/oiodd2qz/7373036290_5e8420bf36_b.jpg",
        "focalPoint": {
            "left": 0.5,
            "top": 0.5
        },
        "crops": null
    },
    "umbracoWidth": "1024",
    "umbracoHeight": "683",
    "umbracoBytes": "299546",
    "umbracoExtension": "jpg"
}

Get children

Get a list of children (media items) by their parent GUID ID.

URL: /media/{id}/children

Method: GET

Query Strings

?page={integer=1}
?pageSize={integer=10}

Permissions required : Access to Media section of the Umbraco Backoffice

Success Response

Code: 200

Content Example:

{
    "_totalItems": 5,
    "_totalPages": 1,
    "_page": 1,
    "_pageSize": 10,
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/bff96d2a-18a7-4d72-b788-72e2034a5514/children?page=1"
        },
        "media": [
            {
                "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/b0d9704a-8c1a-498f-8892-d3a18acc6f01"
            },
            {
                "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/3bc8bf5c-5f39-4a49-b8f3-a09c265aa739"
            },
            {
                "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/9b4a8092-a157-4a0e-9626-1f320a7a5f79"
            },
            {
                "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/9012c147-90dc-4c7e-8249-4b4092aff340"
            },
            {
                "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/313bf02d-bfba-4d61-a12c-1fbdbe0fee1c"
            }
        ]
    },
    "_embedded": {
        "media": [
            {
                "_hasChildren": false,
                "_level": 2,
                "_createDate": "2019-10-04T11:49:57.863Z",
                "_id": "b0d9704a-8c1a-498f-8892-d3a18acc6f01",
                "_updateDate": "2019-10-04T11:49:57.863Z",
                "_links": {
                    "self": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/b0d9704a-8c1a-498f-8892-d3a18acc6f01"
                    },
                    "root": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media"
                    },
                    "children": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/b0d9704a-8c1a-498f-8892-d3a18acc6f01/children"
                    },
                    "mediatype": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/type/Image"
                    }
                },
                "mediaTypeAlias": "Image",
                "name": "Jan Skovgaard",
                "parentId": "bff96d2a-18a7-4d72-b788-72e2034a5514",
                "sortOrder": 0,
                "umbracoFile": {
                    "src": "/media/jryntma0/18720470241_ff77768544_h.jpg",
                    "focalPoint": {
                        "left": 0.5,
                        "top": 0.5
                    },
                    "crops": null
                },
                "umbracoWidth": "1600",
                "umbracoHeight": "1067",
                "umbracoBytes": "240126",
                "umbracoExtension": "jpg"
            },
            {
                "_hasChildren": false,
                "_level": 2,
                "_createDate": "2019-10-04T11:50:12.933Z",
                "_id": "3bc8bf5c-5f39-4a49-b8f3-a09c265aa739",
                "_updateDate": "2019-10-04T11:50:12.933Z",
                "_links": {
                    "self": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/3bc8bf5c-5f39-4a49-b8f3-a09c265aa739"
                    },
                    "root": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media"
                    },
                    "children": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/3bc8bf5c-5f39-4a49-b8f3-a09c265aa739/children"
                    },
                    "mediatype": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/type/Image"
                    }
                },
                "mediaTypeAlias": "Image",
                "name": "Matt Brailsford",
                "parentId": "bff96d2a-18a7-4d72-b788-72e2034a5514",
                "sortOrder": 1,
                "umbracoFile": {
                    "src": "/media/lk5nqozz/18531852339_981b067419_h.jpg",
                    "focalPoint": {
                        "left": 0.5,
                        "top": 0.5
                    },
                    "crops": null
                },
                "umbracoWidth": "1600",
                "umbracoHeight": "1067",
                "umbracoBytes": "438249",
                "umbracoExtension": "jpg"
            },
            {
                "_hasChildren": false,
                "_level": 2,
                "_createDate": "2019-10-04T11:57:36.863Z",
                "_id": "9b4a8092-a157-4a0e-9626-1f320a7a5f79",
                "_updateDate": "2019-10-04T11:57:36.863Z",
                "_links": {
                    "self": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/9b4a8092-a157-4a0e-9626-1f320a7a5f79"
                    },
                    "root": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media"
                    },
                    "children": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/9b4a8092-a157-4a0e-9626-1f320a7a5f79/children"
                    },
                    "mediatype": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/type/Image"
                    }
                },
                "mediaTypeAlias": "Image",
                "name": "Lee Kelleher",
                "parentId": "bff96d2a-18a7-4d72-b788-72e2034a5514",
                "sortOrder": 2,
                "umbracoFile": {
                    "src": "/media/ssaevg0x/18531854019_351c579559_h.jpg",
                    "focalPoint": {
                        "left": 0.5,
                        "top": 0.5
                    },
                    "crops": null
                },
                "umbracoWidth": "1600",
                "umbracoHeight": "1067",
                "umbracoBytes": "324821",
                "umbracoExtension": "jpg"
            },
            {
                "_hasChildren": false,
                "_level": 2,
                "_createDate": "2019-10-04T11:57:56.267Z",
                "_id": "9012c147-90dc-4c7e-8249-4b4092aff340",
                "_updateDate": "2019-10-04T11:57:56.267Z",
                "_links": {
                    "self": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/9012c147-90dc-4c7e-8249-4b4092aff340"
                    },
                    "root": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media"
                    },
                    "children": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/9012c147-90dc-4c7e-8249-4b4092aff340/children"
                    },
                    "mediatype": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/type/Image"
                    }
                },
                "mediaTypeAlias": "Image",
                "name": "Jeavon Leopold",
                "parentId": "bff96d2a-18a7-4d72-b788-72e2034a5514",
                "sortOrder": 3,
                "umbracoFile": {
                    "src": "/media/ihabfeg2/18095416144_44a566a5f4_h.jpg",
                    "focalPoint": {
                        "left": 0.5,
                        "top": 0.5
                    },
                    "crops": null
                },
                "umbracoWidth": "1600",
                "umbracoHeight": "1067",
                "umbracoBytes": "348162",
                "umbracoExtension": "jpg"
            },
            {
                "_hasChildren": false,
                "_level": 2,
                "_createDate": "2019-10-04T11:58:15.54Z",
                "_id": "313bf02d-bfba-4d61-a12c-1fbdbe0fee1c",
                "_updateDate": "2019-10-04T11:58:15.54Z",
                "_links": {
                    "self": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/313bf02d-bfba-4d61-a12c-1fbdbe0fee1c"
                    },
                    "root": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media"
                    },
                    "children": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/313bf02d-bfba-4d61-a12c-1fbdbe0fee1c/children"
                    },
                    "mediatype": {
                        "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/type/Image"
                    }
                },
                "mediaTypeAlias": "Image",
                "name": "Jeroen Breuer",
                "parentId": "bff96d2a-18a7-4d72-b788-72e2034a5514",
                "sortOrder": 4,
                "umbracoFile": {
                    "src": "/media/fpydwmn0/18530280048_459b8b61b2_h.jpg",
                    "focalPoint": {
                        "left": 0.5,
                        "top": 0.5
                    },
                    "crops": null
                },
                "umbracoWidth": "1600",
                "umbracoHeight": "1067",
                "umbracoBytes": "240519",
                "umbracoExtension": "jpg"
            }
        ]
    }
}

Create media

Create a new media item and optionally upload a file to the created item.

Media can be created by sending a POST request to the media endpoint. The request body should contain the media item properties and the file to upload. The file is sent as a multi-part request. The first MultipartBoundary contains the JSON body describing the content for the image. The second MultipartBoundary contains the file. If the media item does not contain a file you can send a regular JSON request to create the media.

The umbracoFile.src property in the first MultipartBoundary's JSON body defines the name of the file to be uploaded. The fileName in the second MultipartBoundary must match the umbracoFile.src property's value.

Different media property editors will require different request body formats.The File Upload property editor has the file name as the value "umbracoFile": FILE_NAME, and the Image Cropper property editor expects a JSON value "umbracoFile": { "src": FILE_NAME }. To verify the JSON structure you can manually upload the media file via the backoffice and fetch the data. It can then be used for reference. (See how in the Creating Content with Media tutorial.)

URL: /media

Method: POST

Header: Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=MultipartBoundry

Permissions required : Access to Media section of the Umbraco Backoffice

Request

--MultipartBoundary
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="content"
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "mediaTypeAlias": "Image",
    "name": "Han Solo",
    "parentId": "7bfa2332-cf7f-4c97-941d-50f43f085b06",
    "umbracoFile": { "src": "han-solo.png" }
}
--MultipartBoundary
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="umbracoFile"; fileName="han-solo.png"
Content-Type: image/png

BINARY DATA
--MultipartBoundary--

Success Response

Code: 201

Content Example:

{
    "_hasChildren": false,
    "_level": 2,
    "_createDate": "2019-10-10T12:24:58.76Z",
    "_id": "b60a1257-4bef-4d5a-aeb6-4af17b6233b2",
    "_updateDate": "2019-10-10T12:24:58.76Z",
    "_deleteDate": "2019-10-10T12:25:15.3860527Z",
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/b60a1257-4bef-4d5a-aeb6-4af17b6233b2"
        },
        "root": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media"
        },
        "children": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/b60a1257-4bef-4d5a-aeb6-4af17b6233b2/children"
        },
        "mediatype": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/type/Image"
        }
    },
    "mediaTypeAlias": "Image",
    "name": "Han Solo",
    "parentId": "7bfa2332-cf7f-4c97-941d-50f43f085b06",
    "sortOrder": 1,
    "umbracoFile": {
        "src": "/media/kejavnxp/han-solo.png",
        "focalPoint": {
            "left": 0.5,
            "top": 0.5
        },
        "crops": null
    },
    "umbracoWidth": "672",
    "umbracoHeight": "896",
    "umbracoBytes": "489855",
    "umbracoExtension": "png"
}

Update media

Updates an existing media item and optionally uploads a file to the updated item.

Media would typically contain an upload field (the Image and File media types has this by default), which means it is possible to send a file along with the request to update an existing media item. This is done by sending a multi-part request with the JSON body and the file. If the media item does not contain a file you can send a regular JSON request to update the media.

URL: /media/{id}

Method: PUT

Header: Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=MultipartBoundry

Permissions required : Access to Media section of the Umbraco Backoffice

Request

Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=MultipartBoundry

--MultipartBoundry
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="content"
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "mediaTypeAlias": "Image",
    "name": "Han Solo",
    "parentId": "7bfa2332-cf7f-4c97-941d-50f43f085b06",
    "sortOrder": 1,
    "umbracoFile": { "src": "han-solo.png" }
}
--MultipartBoundry
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="umbracoFile"
Content-Type: image/png

BINARY DATA
--MultipartBoundry--

Success Response

Code: 200

Content Example:

{
    "_hasChildren": false,
    "_level": 2,
    "_createDate": "2019-10-10T12:24:58.76Z",
    "_id": "b60a1257-4bef-4d5a-aeb6-4af17b6233b2",
    "_updateDate": "2019-10-10T12:24:58.76Z",
    "_deleteDate": "2019-10-10T12:25:15.3860527Z",
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/b60a1257-4bef-4d5a-aeb6-4af17b6233b2"
        },
        "root": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media"
        },
        "children": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/b60a1257-4bef-4d5a-aeb6-4af17b6233b2/children"
        },
        "mediatype": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/type/Image"
        }
    },
    "mediaTypeAlias": "Image",
    "name": "Han Solo",
    "parentId": "7bfa2332-cf7f-4c97-941d-50f43f085b06",
    "sortOrder": 1,
    "umbracoFile": {
        "src": "/media/kejavnxp/han-solo.png",
        "focalPoint": {
            "left": 0.5,
            "top": 0.5
        },
        "crops": null
    },
    "umbracoWidth": "672",
    "umbracoHeight": "896",
    "umbracoBytes": "489855",
    "umbracoExtension": "png"
}

Delete media

Delete a media item. This will also delete any file that is attached to the media item.

URL: /media/{id}

Method: DELETE

Permissions required : Access to Media section of the Umbraco Backoffice

Success Response

Code: 200

Content Example:

DELETE https://api.umbraco.io/media/b60a1257-4bef-4d5a-aeb6-4af17b6233b2

{
    "_hasChildren": false,
    "_level": 2,
    "_createDate": "2019-10-10T12:24:58.76Z",
    "_id": "b60a1257-4bef-4d5a-aeb6-4af17b6233b2",
    "_updateDate": "2019-10-10T12:24:58.76Z",
    "_deleteDate": "2019-10-10T12:25:15.3860527Z",
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/b60a1257-4bef-4d5a-aeb6-4af17b6233b2"
        },
        "root": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media"
        },
        "children": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/b60a1257-4bef-4d5a-aeb6-4af17b6233b2/children"
        },
        "mediatype": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/media/type/Image"
        }
    },
    "mediaTypeAlias": "Image",
    "name": "Han Solo",
    "parentId": "7bfa2332-cf7f-4c97-941d-50f43f085b06",
    "sortOrder": 1,
    "umbracoFile": {
        "src": "/media/kejavnxp/han-solo.png",
        "focalPoint": {
            "left": 0.5,
            "top": 0.5
        },
        "crops": null
    },
    "umbracoWidth": "672",
    "umbracoHeight": "896",
    "umbracoBytes": "489855",
    "umbracoExtension": "png"
}

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Media

Table of Contents

Common Headers

Authentication

Errors

Get root media

Success Response

Get by id

Success Response

Get children

Success Response

Create media

Request

Success Response

Update media

Request

Success Response

Delete media

Success Response