# Check media upload status with the PostEverywhere API

**Source:** https://posteverywhere.ai/docs/api/get-media

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# Check media upload status with the PostEverywhere API

`media_status` stays `uploading` until you call `/complete` — polling
this endpoint alone will never flip it to `ready`. `action_required`
tells clients the next step when not ready. `url` is a permanent
viewable URL, populated once ready.

Guide: [Media requirements by platform](https://posteverywhere.ai/docs/media-requirements)

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## Parameters

idstringrequiredMedia UUID

## Responses

- 200Media details
- 400
- 401
- 402
- 403
- 404
- 429
- 500

## More in Media

- [List media](https://posteverywhere.ai/docs/api/list-media)
- [Upload media](https://posteverywhere.ai/docs/api/init-media-upload)
- [Import from URL](https://posteverywhere.ai/docs/api/upload-media-from-url)
- [Delete media](https://posteverywhere.ai/docs/api/delete-media)
- [Finalise upload](https://posteverywhere.ai/docs/api/complete-media-upload)
[← Import from URL](https://posteverywhere.ai/docs/api/upload-media-from-url)[Delete media →](https://posteverywhere.ai/docs/api/delete-media)[← All endpoints](https://posteverywhere.ai/docs/api/reference)