# Media



Overview [#overview]

Socotra allows you to upload files and manage associations with system entities. This supports a range of "capturing document" use cases, such as linking a set of uploaded photos to a ["first notice of loss" (FNOL)](/features/claims/fnol) record or a quote.

Media data may be associated with the following entities:

* Policies
* Policy Transactions
* Quotes
* Tasks
* User Associations
* First Notice of Loss (FNOL) records
* Diaries
* Producers
* Producer codes
* Licenses
* Appointments

As with diaries, media data are versioned. The Media Data API exposes "latest" endpoint analogues for all fetch endpoints as a convenience.

Example [#example]

You could add a photo linked to a quote by <ApiLink name="createMediaData">creating media data</ApiLink>. After doing so, you could see the latest edition of that media entry in the list of media items associated with the quote by using <ApiLink name="fetchLatestMediaDataByReference" />. You'll get a response like the following:

```json
{
	"listCompleted": true,
	"items": [
		{
			"locator": "01JSJ5VJYY13NWRY90HZN86HZP",
			"filename": "iCSYeKcoFftqYvlcgDhe",
			"title": "iCSYeKcoFftqYvlcgDhe",
			"tag": "iCSYeKcoFftqYvlcgDhe",
			"references": [
				{
					"type": "quote",
					"locator": "01JSJ5KRK761CNTHRFE2J6Y9QS"
				}
			],
			"createdAt": "2025-04-23T20:36:30Z",
			"createdBy": "dc68c494-6918-487a-bf08-58c2983175dc",
			"updatedAt": "2025-04-23T20:36:30Z",
			"updatedBy": "dc68c494-6918-487a-bf08-58c2983175dc"
		}
	]
}
```

You can use the locator for the media data entry to download it, update it, delete it, or to view different versions of the file via API.

See Also [#see-also]

* [Media API](/api/aux-data/media)