documentation/content/en/entities/MediaAttachment.md

---

title: MediaAttachment description: Represents a file or media attachment that can be added to a status. menu: docs:

parent: entities

aliases: [ "/entities/attachment", "/entities/Attachment", "/entities/mediaattachment", "/entities/MediaAttachment", "/api/entities/attachment", "/api/entities/Attachment", "/api/entities/mediaattachment", "/api/entities/MediaAttachment",

]

Example

Image

{
  "id": "22345792",
  "type": "image",
  "url": "https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/022/345/792/original/57859aede991da25.jpeg",
  "preview_url": "https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/022/345/792/small/57859aede991da25.jpeg",
  "remote_url": null,
  "text_url": "https://mastodon.social/media/2N4uvkuUtPVrkZGysms",
  "meta": {
    "original": {
      "width": 640,
      "height": 480,
      "size": "640x480",
      "aspect": 1.3333333333333333
    },
    "small": {
      "width": 461,
      "height": 346,
      "size": "461x346",
      "aspect": 1.3323699421965318
    },
    "focus": {
      "x": -0.27,
      "y": 0.51
    }
  },
  "description": "test media description",
  "blurhash": "UFBWY:8_0Jxv4mx]t8t64.%M-:IUWGWAt6M}"
}

Video

{
  "id": "22546306",
  "type": "video",
  "url": "https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/022/546/306/original/dab9a597f68b9745.mp4",
  "preview_url": "https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/022/546/306/small/dab9a597f68b9745.png",
  "remote_url": null,
  "text_url": "https://mastodon.social/media/wWd1HJIBmH1MZGDfg50",
  "meta": {
    "length": "0:01:28.65",
    "duration": 88.65,
    "fps": 24,
    "size": "1280x720",
    "width": 1280,
    "height": 720,
    "aspect": 1.7777777777777777,
    "audio_encode": "aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D)",
    "audio_bitrate": "44100 Hz",
    "audio_channels": "stereo",
    "original": {
      "width": 1280,
      "height": 720,
      "frame_rate": "6159375/249269",
      "duration": 88.654,
      "bitrate": 862056
    },
    "small": {
      "width": 400,
      "height": 225,
      "size": "400x225",
      "aspect": 1.7777777777777777
    }
  },
  "description": null,
  "blurhash": "U58E0g8_0M.94T?bIr00?bD%NGoM?bD%oLt7"
}

GIFV

{
  "id": "21130559",
  "type": "gifv",
  "url": "https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/021/130/559/original/bc84838f77991326.mp4",
  "preview_url": "https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/021/130/559/small/bc84838f77991326.png",
  "remote_url": null,
  "text_url": "https://mastodon.social/media/2ICiasGyjezmi7cQYM8",
  "meta": {
    "length": "0:00:01.11",
    "duration": 1.11,
    "fps": 33,
    "size": "600x332",
    "width": 600,
    "height": 332,
    "aspect": 1.8072289156626506,
    "original": {
      "width": 600,
      "height": 332,
      "frame_rate": "100/3",
      "duration": 1.11,
      "bitrate": 1627639
    },
    "small": {
      "width": 400,
      "height": 221,
      "size": "400x221",
      "aspect": 1.8099547511312217
    }
  },
  "description": null,
  "blurhash": "URHT%Jm,2a1d%MRO%LozkrNH$*n*oMn$Rjt7"
}

Audio

{
  "id": "21165404",
  "type": "audio",
  "url": "https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/021/165/404/original/a31a4a46cd713cd2.mp3",
  "preview_url": "https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/021/165/404/small/a31a4a46cd713cd2.mp3",
  "remote_url": null,
  "text_url": "https://mastodon.social/media/5O4uILClVqBWx0NNgvo",
  "meta": {
    "length": "0:06:42.86",
    "duration": 402.86,
    "audio_encode": "mp3",
    "audio_bitrate": "44100 Hz",
    "audio_channels": "stereo",
    "original": {
      "duration": 402.860408,
      "bitrate": 166290
    }
  },
  "description": null,
  "blurhash": null
}

Attributes

id {#id}

Description: The ID of the attachment in the database.\ Type: String (cast from an integer but not guaranteed to be a number)\ Version history:\ 0.6.0 - added

type {#type}

Description: The type of the attachment.\ Type: String (Enumerable, oneOf)\ unknown = unsupported or unrecognized file type\ image = Static image\ gifv = Looping, soundless animation\ video = Video clip\ audio = Audio track\ Version history:\ 0.6.0 - added\ 2.9.1 - added audio

url {#url}

Description: The location of the original full-size attachment.\ Type: String (URL)\ Version history:\ 0.6.0 - added

preview_url {#preview_url}

Description: The location of a scaled-down preview of the attachment.\ Type: String (URL)\ Version history:\ 0.6.0 - added

remote_url {#remote_url}

Description: The location of the full-size original attachment on the remote website.\ Type: {{}} String (URL), or null if the attachment is local\ Version history:\ 0.6.0 - added

meta {#meta}

Description: Metadata returned by Paperclip.\ Type: Hash\ Version history:\ 1.5.0 - added\ 2.3.0 - added meta.focus

May contain subtrees small and original, as well as various other top-level properties.

More importantly, there may be another topl-level focus Hash object on images as of 2.3.0, with coordinates can be used for smart thumbnail cropping -- see Focal points for cropped media thumbnails for more.

description {#description}

Description: Alternate text that describes what is in the media attachment, to be used for the visually impaired or when media attachments do not load.\ Type: {{}} String, or null if alternate text was not provided for the media attachment\ Version history:\ 2.0.0 - added

blurhash {#blurhash}

Description: A hash computed by the BlurHash algorithm, for generating colorful preview thumbnails when media has not been downloaded yet.\ Type: String (Blurhash)\ Version history:\ 2.8.1 - added

Deprecated attributes

text_url {#text_url}

Description: A shorter URL for the attachment.\ Type: String (URL)\ Version history:\ 0.6.0 - added\ 3.5.0 - removed

See also

{{< page-relref ref="entities/Status#media_attachments" caption="Status (media_attachments attribute)" >}}

{{< page-relref ref="methods/media" caption="media API methods" >}}

{{< caption-link url="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/app/serializers/rest/media_attachment_serializer.rb" caption="app/serializers/rest/media_attachment_serializer.rb" >}}