---
title: media.search | Doing Work API
description: Find photos across the shop that carry all the given tags. Narrow by job, stage, or upload dates (shop time zone). Newest first, up to 200.
url: https://doingwork.work/docs/reference/media-search/
---

# media.search

Find photos across the shop that carry all the given tags. Narrow by job, stage, or upload dates (shop time zone). Newest first, up to 200.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Who | Agents can call this |
| REST | `GET /v1/media/search` |
| MCP tool | `media_search` |
| Writes | no |
| Area | [Shop](https://doingwork.work/docs/reference/#shop) |

## When to use it

Search across customers, jobs, quotes, invoices and requests in one call, or look in one place when you know where it is.

## What to tell the owner

Tell them what you found in plain words. Don't read back raw fields.

## Input

| Field | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| `shop_id` | string (uuid) | yes |
| `tags` | array | no |
| `job_id` | string (uuid) | no |
| `stage` | string (one of before, during, after, other) | no |
| `from` | string | no |
| `to` | string | no |
| `limit` | integer | no |

## Example

```http
GET https://doingwork.work/v1/media/search?shop_id=00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000
```

## Output

JSON. The response shape isn't published yet; read the fields you need and ignore the rest. Errors are `{code, message, status}`.

## Errors

| Code | Status | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| `invalid_input`, `invalid_token`, `rate_limited` |  | Can happen on any call. See [errors](https://doingwork.work/docs/errors/). |