Retrieve media file details

Retrieves detailed information about a specific media file by its ID.

HTTP Request

GET/api/media/files/:id

Authorization

Authorization

• Required: Yes
• Permission: Staff with FilePermission or Admin
• Permission Code: 3802
• Authentication: Token-based (Authorization: Token <your_api_key>)

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
id	Integer	Yes	Unique ID of the file

Example Requests

🐍 Python

1import requests
2
3response = requests.get('http://www.example.com/api/media/files/123', 
4  headers={'Authorization': 'Token <your_api_key>'}
5)
6print(response.json())

🌐 Curl

1curl "http://www.example.com/api/media/files/123" \
2-H "Authorization: Token <your_api_key>"

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
id	Integer	Unique ID of the file
type	String	File type(Choices)
user	Object	User who uploaded the file with id, username, full_name (nullable)
f	String	File URL/path
name	String	Original filename (nullable)
description	String	File description (nullable)
size	Integer	File size in bytes (nullable)
human_readable_size	String	Human-readable file size (e.g., "2.5 MB", nullable)
width	Integer	Image width in pixels (images only, nullable)
height	Integer	Image height in pixels (images only, nullable)
mode	String	Image color mode (images only, nullable)
created_at	String (ISO 8601)	Timestamp when file was uploaded
updated_at	String (ISO 8601)	Timestamp when file was last updated
thumbnails	List of thumbnail objects	thumbnails of the image

Thumbnail Data Structure

Field	Type	Description
id	Integer	Unique ID of the thumbnail (unique)
f	String	URL to access the thumbnail file
size	Integer	File size in bytes (nullable)

*** User Object Structure

Field	Type	Description
id	Integer	Unique id of the uploader user
username	String	Username of the user
full_name	String	Full name of the user (computed value from first and last name)

Example Response (Image)

{
    "id": 10,
    "type": "image",
    "user": {
        "id": 1,
        "username": "BehroozGhorbani",
        "full_name": "بهروز قربانی"
    },
    "f": "http://127.0.0.1:8000/media/core_media/2025/12/22/Fantasticheskie_kartinki_dlja_monitora_68_68.jpg",
    "name": "slipknot member chris fehn",
    "description": "some description for image if required",
    "size": 1728593,
    "human_readable_size": "1.65 MB",
    "width": 2560,
    "height": 1600,
    "mode": "RGB",
    "created_at": "2025-12-22T17:43:06.351315Z",
    "updated_at": "2025-12-22T17:43:06.351324Z",
    "thumbnails": [
        {
            "id": 313,
            "f": "http://127.0.0.1:8000/media/core_media/2026/02/02/thumbnails/test2_ecH0zVV_thumbnail_64x64.jpg",
            "size": 64
        },
        {
            "id": 314,
            "f": "http://127.0.0.1:8000/media/core_media/2026/02/02/thumbnails/test2_ecH0zVV_thumbnail_128x128.jpg",
            "size": 128
        },
        {
            "id": 315,
            "f": "http://127.0.0.1:8000/media/core_media/2026/02/02/thumbnails/test2_ecH0zVV_thumbnail_512x512.jpg",
            "size": 512
        },
        {
            "id": 316,
            "f": "http://127.0.0.1:8000/media/core_media/2026/02/02/thumbnails/test2_ecH0zVV_thumbnail_1080x1080.jpg",
            "size": 1080
        }
    ]
}

Example Response (Non-Image)

{
    "id": 9,
    "type": "text",
    "user": {
        "id": 14,
        "username": "Shakira_Anderson47",
        "full_name": "بهرام نوروزی"
    },
    "f": "http://127.0.0.1:8000/media/core_media/2025/12/22/askari.txt",
    "name": "textfile",
    "description": "",
    "size": 1408,
    "human_readable_size": "1.38 KB",
    "created_at": "2025-12-22T17:29:34.807896Z",
    "updated_at": "2025-12-22T17:29:34.807905Z"
}

Notes

• The file ID must exist in the system
• width, height, and mode fields are only present for image files
• File type is automatically detected and cannot be modified
• The user object contains information about who uploaded the file
• File size is provided in both raw bytes and human-readable format
• Thumbnails are only auto generated for image-type files