BASE URL : https://api.umbraco.io
Table of Contents
Copy 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
Authorization has been denied for this request.
You are not authorized to access the given resource.
Media with id '{id}' could not be found.
Validation error occured when trying to save or update the media item.
JSON example :
Copy {
"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 :
Copy {
"_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 :
Copy {
"_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
Copy ?page={integer=1}
?pageSize={integer=10}
Permissions required : Access to Media section of the Umbraco Backoffice
Success Response
Code : 200
Content Example :
Copy {
"_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
Copy --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 :
Copy {
"_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
Copy 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 :
Copy {
"_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
Copy {
"_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"
}