Method: mediaItems.get

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• This endpoint retrieves a specific media item using its unique identifier.

• The request is made using an HTTP GET request to the specified URL with the mediaItemId as a path parameter.

• An empty request body is required, and a successful response returns a MediaItem object.

• Authorization is necessary using one of the listed OAuth scopes related to Google Photos Library access.

• HTTP request
• Path parameters
• Request body
• Response body
• Authorization scopes
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Returns the media item for the specified media item identifier.

HTTP request

GET https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/mediaItems/{mediaItemId}

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
mediaItemId	string Required. Identifier of the media item to be requested.

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains an instance of MediaItem.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary.readonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary.readonly.appcreateddata