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  feed_position, download_state, enclosure_url, hosts/guests, …) and
  libraries emit purpose/allow_member_feeds, but the doc examples
  were never extended — the package only runs on the host, so the
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---
method: POST
path: /api/media-items
auth: jwt+admin
area: media-items
---
<!-- source: internal/handlers/media.go:1375 MediaHandler.CreateMediaItem -->
# Create Media Item
Create a new media item (Admin only).
**Endpoint**: `POST /api/media-items`
**Auth**: Required (Admin only)
**Content-Type**: `application/json`
## Prerequisites
**Before creating media items**, the library must have at least one folder configured:
1. Create a library: `POST /api/libraries`
2. Add folder(s) to the library: `POST /api/libraries/{library_id}/folders`
3. Then create media items: `POST /api/media-items`
See [Library API documentation](../libraries/list_libraries.md) for more details.
## Request Body
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| ---------------- | ---------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------- |
| library_id | string (UUID) | Yes | Library UUID to add the media item to |
| title | string | Yes | Media item title (1-500 characters) |
| author | string | No | Author name |
| isbn | string | No | ISBN number |
| description | string | No | Description or summary |
| file_path | string | Yes | Path to the media file |
| file_size | integer | Yes | Size of the file in bytes |
| mime_type | string | Yes | MIME type of the file |
| cover_image_path | string | No | Path to the cover image |
| series | string | No | Series name |
| series_number | integer | No | Number in the series |
| tags | array of strings | No | Tags (auto-normalized) |
| asin | string | No | Amazon ASIN |
| date_published | string | No | Publication date |
| publisher | string | No | Publisher name |
| contributors | array of strings | No | Contributors (auto-normalized) |
## Tag/Contributor Normalization
Tags and contributors are automatically normalized:
- **Tags**: Titlecased, punctuation preserved, case-insensitive deduplication
- **Contributors**: Original casing and punctuation preserved, case-insensitive deduplication
- **Search fields**: Auto-generated for case-insensitive search
### Example Request
```json example-request
{
"library_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
"title": "Example Book Title",
"author": "Jane Doe",
"isbn": "978-0-123456-78-9",
"description": "A great book about technology",
"file_path": "/library/books/example.epub",
"file_size": 1048576,
"mime_type": "application/epub+zip",
"series": "Tech Series",
"series_number": 1,
"tags": ["science-fiction", "technology", "ACME CORP."],
"publisher": "O'Reilly Media",
"contributors": ["John Smith", "ACME CORP."]
}
```
## Response (201 Created)
```json example-response
{
"id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440001",
"library_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
"title": "Example Book Title",
"author": "Jane Doe",
"isbn": "978-0-123456-78-9",
"description": "A great book about technology",
"file_path": "/library/books/example.epub",
"file_size": 1048576,
"mime_type": "application/epub+zip",
"series": "Tech Series",
"series_number": 1,
"tags": [
"Science-Fiction",
"Technology",
"ACME CORP."
],
"tags_search": [
"science fiction",
"technology",
"acme corp"
],
"publisher": "O'Reilly Media",
"contributors": [
"John Smith",
"ACME CORP."
],
"contributors_search": [
"john smith",
"acme corp"
],
"created_at": "2026-01-31T10:00:00Z",
"updated_at": "2026-01-31T10:00:00Z",
"abridged": null,
"added_by_admin_id": null,
"age_rating": null,
"alternate_info": null,
"archived_at": null,
"asin": null,
"audio_metadata": null,
"authors": null,
"authors_search": null,
"chapter_count": null,
"chapter_metadata": null,
"community_rating": null,
"copyright_year": null,
"cover_image_path": null,
"date_published": null,
"edition": null,
"entitlement_id": null,
"explicit": null,
"file_sha256": null,
"format_group": null,
"format_mimetype": null,
"genre": null,
"goodreads_id": null,
"google_books_id": null,
"has_fixed_layout": null,
"hash_confidence": null,
"imported_at": null,
"imprint": null,
"is_black_and_white": null,
"is_reflowable": null,
"kobo_content_id": null,
"kobo_metadata": null,
"language": null,
"library_type_name": null,
"manga_type": null,
"metadata_notes": null,
"metadata_overrides": null,
"missing_scan_count": null,
"narrators": null,
"narrators_search": null,
"openlibrary_id": null,
"opf_identifier": null,
"opf_uuid": null,
"page_count": null,
"publishers": null,
"publishers_search": null,
"reading_direction": null,
"revision_number": null,
"scan_information": null,
"series_count": null,
"story_arc": null,
"subtitle": null,
"summary": null,
"total_characters": null,
"volume": null,
"web_url": null,
"source": null,
"source_feed_id": null,
"feed_position": null,
"episode_number": null,
"season_number": null,
"episode_guid": null,
"enclosure_url": null,
"chapters_url": null,
"transcript_url": null,
"hosts": null,
"guests": null,
"declared_duration_seconds": null,
"download_state": null,
"download_attempts": null,
"download_queue_pos": null,
"download_error": null
}
```
## Error Responses
| Code | Description |
| ---- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| 400 | Invalid request data OR library has no folders |
| 401 | Invalid or expired token |
| 403 | User is not an admin |
| 404 | Library not found |
### 400 - Library Has No Folders
When attempting to create a media item in a library that has no folders configured:
```json
{
"error": "Cannot add media items to a library with no folders. Please add at least one folder to the library first."
}
```
**Solution**: Add a folder to the library first:
```bash
POST /api/libraries/{library_id}/folders
{
"folder_path": "/path/to/library/folder"
}
```