Velo: Wix Media "Files" Collection Fields

Tip: Before continuing, make sure you've read Working with Wix App Collections.

When you add a file from your Media Manager to your site, the 'Files' collection is automatically added to your site.

To use the Files collection in code, refer to it as "Media/Files".

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Note: When using this collection, you can't set up the site to link to the next or previous dynamic page.

This document describes the permissions and fields in your Files collection.

Permissions

The Files collection has the following permissions:

Read: Anyone
Create: None
Update: None
Delete: None

You cannot change the Files collection permissions.

Fields

Note: This app collection contains read-only fields that cannot be managed from the collection. You can update the fields from the relevant app in your site’s dashboard.

The field name is listed as the heading of each section, with the field ID listed in parentheses, like this: Name (name). The fields appear in this document in the order in which they appear in your collection by default.

ID (_id)

Description: Unique File ID. This is a system field and is hidden by default. This is the Main field.

Type: Text

Can connect to data: Yes

Can use in dynamic page URL: No

Can be sorted: No

Can be filtered: eq

Read-only: Yes

Media Type (mediaType)

Description: The file's media type, such as image and document.

Type: Text

Can connect to data: Yes

Can use in dynamic page URL: No

Can be sorted: No

Can be filtered: eq

Read-only: Yes

Is Private (isPrivate)

Description: The file's privacy setting.

Type: Boolean

Can connect to data: No

Can use in dynamic page URL: No

Can be sorted: No

Can be filtered: eq

Read-only: Yes

Size in Bytes (sizeInBytes)

Description: The file's size in bytes.

Type: Number

Can connect to data: Yes

Can use in dynamic page URL: No

Can be sorted: No

Can be filtered: No

Read-only: Yes

Mime Type (mimeType)

Description: The file's mime type such as 'image/png', or 'audio/webm'.

Type: Text

Can connect to data: Yes

Can use in dynamic page URL: No

Can be sorted: No

Can be filtered: No

Read-only: Yes

File URL (fileUrl)

Description: The file's Wix media URL.

Type: Text

Can connect to data: Yes

Can use in dynamic page URL: No

Can be sorted: No

Can be filtered: No

Read-only: Yes

Example URL: wix:image://v1/8b7eef_3deb121802514be7b698d0447559f9da~mv2.png/avatar-ga890ac591_1280.png#originWidth=1280&originHeight=1280

Original File Name (originalFileName)

Description: The file's original file name.

Type: Text

Can connect to data: Yes

Can use in dynamic page URL: No

Can be sorted: No

Can be filtered: No

Read-only: Yes

Hash (hash)

Description: The file's checksum/hash.

Type: Text

Can connect to data: Yes

Can use in dynamic page URL: No

Can be sorted: No

Can be filtered: No

Read-only: Yes

Labels (labels)

Description: The file's labels assigned to the file by the Media Manager.

Type: Array of Strings

Can connect to data: No

Can use in dynamic page URL: No

Can be sorted: No

Can be filtered: No

Read-only: Yes

Parent Folder ID (parentFolderId)

Description: The file's parent folder ID.

Type: String

Can connect to data: Yes

Can use in dynamic page URL: No

Can be sorted: No

Can be filtered: eq

Read-only: Yes

Parent Folder (parentFolder)

Description: Reference to the file's parent folder item, as listed in the Folders collection.

Type: Reference

Can connect to data: No

Can use in dynamic page URL: No

Can be sorted: No

Can be filtered: No

Read-only: Yes

Icon URL (iconUrl)

Description: The file icon's URL.

Type: Text

Can connect to data: Yes

Can use in dynamic page URL: No

Can be sorted: No

Can be filtered: No

Read-only: Yes

Icon Image (iconImage)

Description: The file's icon as an image.

Type: Image

Can connect to data: Yes

Can use in dynamic page URL: No

Can be sorted: No

Can be filtered: No

Read-only: Yes

Source URL (sourceUrl)

Description: The file's source URL, such as an external link where the file was imported from.

Type: Text

Can connect to data: Yes

Can use in dynamic page URL: No

Can be sorted: No

Can be filtered: No

Read-only: Yes

Width (width)

Description: The file's width in pixels.

Type: Number

Can connect to data: Yes

Can use in dynamic page URL: No

Can be sorted: No

Can be filtered: No

Read-only: Yes

Height (height)

Description: The file's height in pixels.

Type: Number

Can connect to data: Yes

Can use in dynamic page URL: No

Can be sorted: No

Can be filtered: No

Read-only: Yes

Op Status (opStatus)

Description: Status of the file being uploaded, for example, 'READY' or 'IN-QUEUE'.

Type: Text

Can connect to data: Yes

Can use in dynamic page URL: No

Can be sorted: No

Can be filtered: No

Read-only: Yes

Created Date (_createdDate)

Description: Date and time the file was created. This is a system field and is hidden by default.

Type: Date

Can connect to data: Yes

Can use in dynamic page URL: No

Can be sorted: No

Can be filtered: No

Read-only: Yes

Updated Date (_updatedDate)

Description: Date and time the file was most recently updated (created or renamed). This is a system field and is hidden by default.

Type: Date

Can connect to data: Yes

Can use in dynamic page URL: No

Can be sorted: Yes

Can be filtered: No

Read-only: Yes

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