Media
List files
Newest first.
GET
/v1/mediaTL;DR
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does it do? | List files. |
| What does it need? | An API key or an OAuth access token. |
| What does it take? | limit, startingAfter in the query string. |
| What does it return? | Status 200 with a body of type MediaList. |
| In the SDK? | flung.media.list() |
| What can go wrong? | 401 Missing, unknown, revoked or expired API key; 422 The request failed validation; 429 Too many requests for this credential; wait for retry-after seconds. Every failure has the same error shape. |
What it does
Newest first. Pass the last id of a page as startingAfter to get the next one.
Example
bash
curl -X GET 'https://api.flung.dev/v1/media' \ --header "Authorization: Bearer $FLUNG_API_KEY"ts
import { Flung } from '@flung.dev/sdk'
const flung = new Flung({ apiKey: process.env.FLUNG_API_KEY! })const result = await flung.media.list()js
const response = await fetch('https://api.flung.dev/v1/media', { method: 'GET', headers: { 'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.FLUNG_API_KEY}`, },})if (!response.ok) throw new Error((await response.json()).error.message)const result = await response.json()A successful answer looks like this:
json
{ "data": [ { "id": "med_aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa", "contentType": "image/jpeg", "filename": "string", "bytes": 1, "status": "pending", "preview": {}, "createdAt": "2026-11-01T09:00:00.000Z" } ], "hasMore": true}Query parameters
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
limit | integer | no | |
startingAfter | string | no | The id of the last file of the previous page. |
Responses
| Status | Meaning | Body |
|---|---|---|
| 200 | A page of files. | MediaList |
| 401 | Missing, unknown, revoked or expired API key. | Error |
| 422 | The request failed validation. | Error |
| 429 | Too many requests for this credential; wait for retry-after seconds. | Error |
Response body
A 200 answer has the type MediaList.
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
data | Media[] | yes | |
data[].id | string | yes | |
data[].contentType | MediaType | yes | What the file really is, read from its first bytes once uploaded. |
data[].filename | string | null | yes | |
data[].bytes | integer | null | yes | |
data[].status | "pending" | "processing" | "ready" | "failed" | yes | pending until its bytes arrive; ready once a post can use it. |
data[].preview | object | null | yes | Videos only, where previews are set up: a thumbnail. Read the file again while processing. |
data[].preview.status | "processing" | "ready" | "failed" | "skipped" | yes | skipped when the video is over 100 MB or this month's thumbnail allowance is used up. Posts never wait for a preview; they use the file as uploaded. |
data[].preview.thumbnailUrl | string | null | yes | A JPEG frame one second in, 640 pixels wide, at an address that does not expire. |
data[].preview.hlsUrl | string | null | yes | Always null for now: streaming versions are not made. |
data[].preview.dashUrl | string | null | yes | Always null for now. |
data[].preview.durationSeconds | number | null | yes | Always null for now. |
data[].createdAt | string | yes | |
hasMore | boolean | yes |
See also
| Doc | Why |
|---|---|
| API reference | Every endpoint |
| Schemas | Every request and response type |
| Errors | Every error code and what to do about it |