Method: mediaItems.get

• HTTP request
• Path parameters
• Request body
• Response body
• Authorization scopes
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Some scopes previously used for this method are being removed or changed. Beginning March 31, 2025, functionality will be limited to interacting with media items created by your app. Please see Photos APIs updates for more details.

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