How do I get the public file URI for a media file from jsonapi?

Question

I have an audio file that is stored as Media of type Audio.

Now I want to get the link to that file that is usually displayed to site users via jsonapi.

For example, when the media entity is rendered, this is the link:

<audio controls="" controlslist="nodownload"> <source src="/sites/default/files/coolstuff/audio/apples-bananas-pears.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"> </audio>

This /sites/default/files/coolstuff/audio/apples-bananas-pears.mp3 path is what I want to get from jsonapi.

However, when I look at the output of /jsonapi/media/audio, all the URLs look like this:

http://mysite.com/jsonapi/media/audio/d741b59c-9617-4a24-a2e8-99005a76507b?resourceVersion=id%3A31"

None of them have the public-facing URI.

The documentation gives this example for a "article media entity reference field_image url, uri by including references":

http://example.com/jsonapi/node/article/{{article_uuid}}?include=field_image&fields[file--file]=uri,url

I have media entity references, so I tried the same on my site:

http://mysite.com/jsonapi/node/MY_CONTENT_TYPE?include=field_ref_media_audio&fields[file--file]=uri,url

However, I do not get the regular media URI, just the jsonapi one.

How can I get the media public file URI (/sites/default/files/coolstuff/audio/apples-bananas-pears.mp3)?

Answer 1

Here's the correct path:

http://mysite.com/jsonapi/node/MY_CONTENT_TYPE?include=field_ref_media_audio.field_media_audio_file&fields[file--file]=uri,url

This results in a value for uri such as:

"value": "public:/sites/default/files/coolstuff/audio/apples-bananas-pears.mp3",