# Retrieve a media

> Retrieve a media by its identifier.
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`GET /api/medias/{id}`

Retrieves a Media resource.

Returns a single media by id, including its `contentUrl`, `mimeType`, `type`, `hash` and image `dimensions`.

## Path parameters

| Name | Type     | Required | Description      |
| ---- | -------- | -------- | ---------------- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes      | Media identifier |

## Query parameters

| Name           | Type       | Required | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| -------------- | ---------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `properties[]` | `string[]` | -        | Allows you to reduce the response to contain only the properties you need. If your desired property is nested, you can address it using nested arrays. Example: properties[]={propertyName}&properties[]={anotherPropertyName}&properties[{nestedPropertyParent}][]={nestedProperty} |

## Response

**200** - Media resource

| Property     | Type                                     | Required | Description                                                                  |
| ------------ | ---------------------------------------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `@context`   | `string \| object`                       | -        |                                                                              |
| `@id`        | `string`                                 | Yes      |                                                                              |
| `@type`      | `string`                                 | Yes      |                                                                              |
| `contentUrl` | `string \| null`                         | -        | The URL to fetch the uploaded file.                                          |
| `createdAt`  | `string \| null`                         | -        |                                                                              |
| `dimensions` | `EmbeddedImageDimensionResource \| null` | -        | Image dimensions (width and height in pixels). Only present for image files. |
| `hash`       | `string \| null`                         | -        | SHA256 hash of the file                                                      |
| `id`         | `string`                                 | -        | The resource's unique identifier (UUID).                                     |
| `mimeType`   | `string \| null`                         | -        | MIME type of the file                                                        |
| `type`       | `"image" \| "video" \| "file"`           | -        | Media type based on MIME type (image, video, or file)                        |
| `updatedAt`  | `string \| null`                         | -        |                                                                              |

## Errors

**403** - Access denied. The caller is missing one or more permissions required for this operation.

| Property             | Type               | Required | Description                                                                                                            |
| -------------------- | ------------------ | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `@context`           | `string \| object` | -        |                                                                                                                        |
| `@id`                | `string`           | Yes      |                                                                                                                        |
| `@type`              | `string`           | Yes      |                                                                                                                        |
| `detail`             | `string`           | -        |                                                                                                                        |
| `missingPermissions` | `string[]`         | -        | Permissions that the caller is missing for this operation. Present only when the 403 is caused by a denied permission. |
| `status`             | `integer`          | -        |                                                                                                                        |
| `title`              | `string`           | -        |                                                                                                                        |
| `type`               | `string`           | -        |                                                                                                                        |

**404** - Not found

| Property      | Type               | Required | Description                                                                                                                          |
| ------------- | ------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `@context`    | `string \| object` | -        |                                                                                                                                      |
| `@id`         | `string`           | Yes      |                                                                                                                                      |
| `@type`       | `string`           | Yes      |                                                                                                                                      |
| `code`        | `string`           | -        | Stable identifier of the error in the error code catalogue (see /api/error-codes). Present on catalogued errors only.                |
| `description` | `string \| null`   | -        |                                                                                                                                      |
| `detail`      | `string \| null`   | -        | A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.                                                             |
| `instance`    | `string \| null`   | -        | A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. It may or may not yield further information if dereferenced. |
| `message`     | `string`           | -        | End-user message localized in the request locale, with this occurrence's values substituted. Present on catalogued errors only.      |
| `slug`        | `string`           | -        | Stable, readable key of the error in the error code catalogue. Present on catalogued errors only.                                    |
| `status`      | `integer \| null`  | -        |                                                                                                                                      |
| `title`       | `string \| null`   | -        | A short, human-readable summary of the problem. For a catalogued error it repeats the `slug`.                                        |
| `type`        | `string`           | -        | A URI reference that identifies the problem type. For a catalogued error it is the error code resource, `/api/error-codes/{code}`.   |

## Examples

### Example request

```bash
curl -X GET 'https://<tenant>.product-management.flowkiwi.net/api/medias/<product_id>' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access_token}' \
  -H 'Flowkiwi-Api-Version: unstable' \
  -H 'Accept: application/ld+json'
```

### Example response

```json
{
  "@context": "/api/contexts/Media",
  "@id": "/api/medias/01234567-89ab-cdef-0123-456789abcdef",
  "@type": "https://schema.org/MediaObject",
  "contentUrl": "/uploads/medias/tshirt-red-front.jpg",
  "createdAt": "2026-01-15T09:30:00+00:00",
  "dimensions": {
    "@type": "EmbeddedImageDimensionResource",
    "height": 1200,
    "width": 1200
  },
  "hash": "9f86d081884c7d659a2feaa0c55ad015a3bf4f1b2b0b822cd15d6c15b0f00a08",
  "id": "01234567-89ab-cdef-0123-456789abcdef",
  "mimeType": "image/jpeg",
  "type": "image",
  "updatedAt": "2026-02-03T14:45:12+00:00"
}
```