Title: wp_xmlrpc_server::wp_getMediaItem
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# wp_xmlrpc_server::wp_getMediaItem( array $args ): array|󠀁[IXR_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/ixr_error/)󠁿

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/wp_getmediaitem/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/wp_getmediaitem/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/wp_getmediaitem/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Hooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/wp_getmediaitem/?output_format=md#hooks)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/wp_getmediaitem/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/wp_getmediaitem/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Retrieves a media item by ID.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/wp_getmediaitem/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$args`arrayrequired

Method arguments. Note: arguments must be ordered as documented.

 * `0` int
 * Blog ID (unused).
 * `1` string
 * Username.
 * `2` string
 * Password.
 * `3` int
 * Attachment ID.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/wp_getmediaitem/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 array|[IXR_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/ixr_error/)
Associative array contains:

 * `'date_created_gmt'`
 * `'parent'`
 * `'link'`
 * `'thumbnail'`
 * `'title'`
 * `'caption'`
 * `'description'`
 * `'metadata'`

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/wp_getmediaitem/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function wp_getMediaItem( $args ) {
    	$this->escape( $args );

    	$username      = $args[1];
    	$password      = $args[2];
    	$attachment_id = (int) $args[3];

    	$user = $this->login( $username, $password );
    	if ( ! $user ) {
    		return $this->error;
    	}

    	if ( ! current_user_can( 'upload_files' ) ) {
    		return new IXR_Error( 403, __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to upload files.' ) );
    	}

    	/** This action is documented in wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php */
    	do_action( 'xmlrpc_call', 'wp.getMediaItem', $args, $this );

    	$attachment = get_post( $attachment_id );
    	if ( ! $attachment || 'attachment' !== $attachment->post_type ) {
    		return new IXR_Error( 404, __( 'Invalid attachment ID.' ) );
    	}

    	return $this->_prepare_media_item( $attachment );
    }
    ```

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## 󠀁[Hooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/wp_getmediaitem/?output_format=md#hooks)󠁿

 [do_action( ‘xmlrpc_call’, string $name, array|string $args, wp_xmlrpc_server $server )](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/xmlrpc_call/)

Fires after the XML-RPC user has been authenticated but before the rest of the method
logic begins.

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/wp_getmediaitem/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [wp_xmlrpc_server::_prepare_media_item()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/_prepare_media_item/)`wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php` |

Prepares media item data for return in an XML-RPC object.

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| [IXR_Error::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/ixr_error/__construct/)`wp-includes/IXR/class-IXR-error.php` |

PHP5 constructor.

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| [current_user_can()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/current_user_can/)`wp-includes/capabilities.php` |

Returns whether the current user has the specified capability.

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| [__()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/__/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Retrieves the translation of $text.

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| [do_action()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/do_action/)`wp-includes/plugin.php` |

Calls the callback functions that have been added to an action hook.

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| [get_post()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_post/)`wp-includes/post.php` |

Retrieves post data given a post ID or post object.

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| [wp_xmlrpc_server::escape()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/escape/)`wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php` |

Escapes string or array of strings for database.

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| [wp_xmlrpc_server::login()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/login/)`wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php` |

Logs user in.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/wp_getmediaitem/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [3.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.1.0/) | Introduced. |

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