---
title: Media service
slug: commerce-connect-15/service-api/media-service
docTags: 
createdAt: 2026-07-22T14:38:27.000Z
---

The Optimizely Service API supports bulk importing of media data such as images into Optimizely Commerce.

## Media bulk import methods

In the following we describe the methods to use when importing media files.

### Generate the media XML file

For imports using the media service, you can upload an XML file with unc paths or http paths to the media. You also can embed images in a zip file with the *media.xml* file. See [Media service XML](docId\:QrD4rrMzQCENOJDsupgMM).

### Bulk import with file

| POST | `post/episerverapi/commerce/import/assets` | See [Media service XML](docId\:QrD4rrMzQCENOJDsupgMM) for how to generate the XML needed for the method. |
| ---- | ------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

C# code sample

```csharp
using(var client = new HttpClient()) {
  client.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://mysite.com/");
  client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", token);
  var content = new MultipartFormDataContent();
  var filestream = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open);
  content.Add(new StreamContent(filestream), "file", "Media.xml");
  var response = client.PostAsync("/episerverapi/commerce/import/assets", content).Result;
  if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK) {
    var returnString = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
    returnString = returnString.Replace("\"", "");
    Guid taskId = Guid.Empty;
    Guid.TryParse(returnString, out taskId);
  }
}
```

Response

```csharp
"\"9e4bd26f-b263-488c-a5d3-3e4c9f87ac4f\""
```

### Bulk import with file upload identifier

For this method to work, you need to a valid upload identifier of a *catalog.zip* file previously uploaded using the chunked upload methods.

| POST | `post/episerverapi/commerce/import/assets/{uploadId}` | See [Media service XML](docId\:QrD4rrMzQCENOJDsupgMM) for how to generate the XML needed for the method. |
| ---- | ----------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

C# code sample

```csharp
using(var client = new HttpClient()) {
  client.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://mysite.com/");
  client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", token);
  var response = client.PostAsync(String.Format("episerverapi/commerce/import/assets/{0}", uploadId), new FormUrlEncodedContent(new List < KeyValuePair < String, String >> ())).Result;
  if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK) {
    var returnString = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
    returnString = returnString.Replace("\"", "");
    Guid taskId = Guid.Empty;
    Guid.TryParse(returnString, out taskId);
  }
}
```

Response

```csharp
"\"9e4bd26f-b263-488c-a5d3-3e4c9f87ac4f\""
```