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Immich•4w ago
PaulShoreITA

API searchAssets with originalFileName field

I'm using the Immich API in a Python script. My goal is to load asset's infos using the searchAssets API call. The problem is that if I use it with the originalFileName field it does return an empty list, even if the asset with the said original filename does exist. Why? Here you can see the script I'm using: 
import requests 
import json 
from types import SimpleNamespace
API_KEY = REDACTED
BASE_URL = 'http://192.168.1.18:2283/api' 

def getAssetByOriginalFileName(originalFileName):
    url = f'{BASE_URL}/search/metadata'
    payload = json.dumps({
        "originalFileName": originalFileName
        })
    headers = {
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
        'Accept': 'application/json',
        'x-api-key': API_KEY
    }
    response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload)
    return(json.loads(response.text))

###MAIN

originalFileName = 'PXL_20250720_150136601.JPG'
assets = getAssetByOriginalFileName(originalFileName)
print(assets) 
import requests 
import json 
from types import SimpleNamespace
API_KEY = REDACTED
BASE_URL = 'http://192.168.1.18:2283/api' 

def getAssetByOriginalFileName(originalFileName):
    url = f'{BASE_URL}/search/metadata'
    payload = json.dumps({
        "originalFileName": originalFileName
        })
    headers = {
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
        'Accept': 'application/json',
        'x-api-key': API_KEY
    }
    response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload)
    return(json.loads(response.text))

###MAIN

originalFileName = 'PXL_20250720_150136601.JPG'
assets = getAssetByOriginalFileName(originalFileName)
print(assets)
The output is the following: {'albums': {'total': 0, 'count': 0, 'items': [], 'facets': []}, 'assets': {'total': 0, 'count': 0, 'items': [], 'facets': [], 'nextPage': None}}
3 Replies
Immich
Immich•4w ago
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Daniel
Daniel•4w ago
Could you verify that the exact same file name is shown in the web UI? Also, I'm not 100% right now, but I remember there being a thing with some field not including the file extension. Could you try removing the .JPG?
PaulShoreITA
PaulShoreITAOP•4w ago
Tnx for the quick reply I just did try copying & pasting the exact name from the "info" panel in the web UI, with and without extension, but unfortunately with the same bad result nobody can help?

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