Create an incident media item
Safety module
POST/incident-mediaincidentMediaItems.create
A photo or file attached to an incident. Creates an incident media item. Requires `Idempotency-Key`; a replay returns the original response. The organization is derived from the credential or the parent row, never from the body.
- Requires the capability safety.incident.write.
- OAuth scopes: safety.
- Send an Idempotency-Key header. A replay with the same key returns the original response.
- Error statuses: 400, 401, 409, 422, 429. Errors are RFC 9457 problem details.
Request body: IncidentMediaCreate
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| incident_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the incident. |
| media_uri | string | Yes | Where the photo or video is stored.Constraints: length 1 to 1000 |
| captured_at | string (date-time) | null | No | When it was captured. |
{
"incident_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"media_uri": "org/incidents/gate.jpg",
"captured_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z"
}Response 201: IncidentMedia
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the incident media. |
| org_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the owning organization, derived from the parent row and never accepted from the caller. |
| created_at | string (date-time) | Yes | When the row was created. |
| created_by | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the person who created the row; null when a seed, platform or system process created it. |
| updated_at | string (date-time) | Yes | When the row was last updated. |
| updated_by | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the person who last updated the row; null when a seed, platform or system process updated it. |
| incident_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the incident. |
| media_uri | string | Yes | Where the photo or video is stored.Constraints: length 1 to 1000 |
| captured_at | string (date-time) | null | Yes | When it was captured. |
| project_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the project of the incident, copied from it. |
{
"id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"org_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"created_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"created_by": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"updated_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"updated_by": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"incident_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"media_uri": "org/incidents/gate.jpg",
"captured_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"project_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f"
}Code samples
curl -X POST "$XOS_BASE_URL/incident-media" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $XOS_API_KEY" \
-H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"incident_id":"0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f","media_uri":"org/incidents/gate.jpg","captured_at":"2026-10-08T14:30:00Z"}'const { data } = await xos.incidentMediaItems.create({
"incident_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"media_uri": "org/incidents/gate.jpg",
"captured_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z"
});response = xos.incident_media_items.create({"incident_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f", "media_uri": "org/incidents/gate.jpg", "captured_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z"})xos incident-media-items create --data '{"incident_id":"0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f","media_uri":"org/incidents/gate.jpg","captured_at":"2026-10-08T14:30:00Z"}'