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Create Media Item

Create a new media item (Admin only).

Endpoint: POST /api/media-items Auth: Required (Admin only) Content-Type: application/json

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

{
  "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)

{
  "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"
}

Error Responses

Code Description
400 Invalid request data
401 Invalid or expired token
403 User is not an admin
404 Library not found

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