# Prepare media for a platform

Prepares media for a platform.

```http
POST https://api.pozy.ai/v1/media/prepare
```

- Area: Publishing / Media
- Auth: Authorization: Bearer pz_live_...

## Request body

Content type: `application/json`

- `url`, string (URL), required
- `target`, string, required: One of `instagram`, `instagram_story`, `facebook`, `facebook_reel`, `facebook_story`, `threads`, `tiktok`, `linkedin`, `twitter`, `bluesky`, `pinterest`, `reddit`, `snapchat`, `telegram`, `googlebusiness`, `youtube_thumbnail`

## Example request

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.pozy.ai/v1/media/prepare" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $POZY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "url": "https://pozy.ai/media/example-1.jpg",
  "target": "instagram"
}'
```

```ts
const res = await fetch("https://api.pozy.ai/v1/media/prepare", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.POZY_API_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    url: "https://pozy.ai/media/example-1.jpg",
    target: "instagram"
  }),
});
const data = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(data?.error ?? `Request failed with status ${res.status}`);
console.log(data);
```

```python
import os
import requests

resp = requests.post(
    "https://api.pozy.ai/v1/media/prepare",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['POZY_API_KEY']}"},
    json={
        "url": "https://pozy.ai/media/example-1.jpg",
        "target": "instagram",
    },
    timeout=30,
)
resp.raise_for_status()
print(resp.json())
```

## Response 200

- `target`, string, required
- `url`, string (URL), required
- `changed`, boolean, required
- `mediaType`, string, required: One of `image`, `video`
- `originalSize`, integer, required: Can be null
- `outputSize`, integer, required: Can be null

```json
{
  "target": "string",
  "url": "https://pozy.ai/media/example-1.jpg",
  "changed": true,
  "mediaType": "image",
  "originalSize": 1,
  "outputSize": 1
}
```