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Update Update Media Item.bru to document normalization behavior:
- Note that tags and contributors are auto-normalized (same as Create)
- Document response includes updated search fields

Relates to Tags & Contributors Migration documentation updates
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Get Media Item

Retrieve details of a specific media item.

Endpoint: GET /api/media-items/{media_id} Auth: Required

Path Parameters

Parameter Type Required Description
media_id string Yes Media item UUID

Request Headers

Header Type Required Description
Authorization string Yes Bearer token

Example Request

GET /api/media-items/uuid-here
Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9...

Response (200 OK)

{
  "id": "uuid",
  "library_id": "uuid",
  "title": "Book Title",
  "author": "Author Name",
  "description": "Book description",
  "file_path": "/path/to/book.epub",
  "file_size": 1024000,
  "mime_type": "application/epub+zip",
  "cover_image_path": "/path/to/cover.jpg",
   "series": "Series Name",
   "series_number": 1,
   "tags": ["sci-fi", "space opera"],
   "tags_search": ["sci fi", "space opera"],
   "contributors": ["Author Name", "ACME CORP."],
   "contributors_search": ["author name", "acme corp"],
   "language": "en",
  "page_count": 350,
  "genre": "Science Fiction",
  "copyright_year": 2023,
  "created_at": "2026-01-31T10:00:00Z"
}

Error Responses

Code Description
401 Invalid or expired token
403 User does not have access to this media item
404 Media item not found

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