get-asset
Retrieve detailed information about a Cloudinary asset, including metadata, tags, and context, by specifying its ID and resource type.
Instructions
Get the details of a specific file (asset)
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| assetId | No | The Cloudinary asset ID | |
| publicId | No | The public ID of the asset | |
| resourceType | No | Type of asset. Default: image | |
| type | No | Delivery type. Default: upload | |
| tags | No | Whether to include the list of tag names. Default: false | |
| context | No | Whether to include contextual metadata. Default: false | |
| metadata | No | Whether to include structured metadata. Default: false |
Implementation Reference
- src/tools/getAssetTool.js:15-52 (handler)The core handler function `getAssetTool` that implements the logic to retrieve Cloudinary asset details using either `publicId` or `assetId` via the Cloudinary API.
const getAssetTool = async (cloudinary, params) => { if (!params.assetId && !params.publicId) { return getToolError("Error: Either assetId or publicId must be provided", cloudinary); } try { const { assetId, publicId, tags, context, metadata, resourceType, type } = params; let resource; if (publicId) { resource = await cloudinary.api.resource(publicId, { resource_type: resourceType, type: type, tags, context, metadata, }); } else { const result = await cloudinary.api .resources_by_asset_ids([assetId], { tags, context, metadata, }); resource = result.resources[0] || null; } return { content: [{ type: "text", text: JSON.stringify(resource, null, 2), }], isError: false, }; } catch (error) { return getToolError(`Error retrieving asset: ${error.message || "unknown error"}`, cloudinary); } }; - src/tools/getAssetTool.js:5-13 (schema)Zod schema defining input parameters for the `get-asset` tool, including assetId, publicId, and various options for resource type, delivery type, and metadata inclusion.
export const getAssetToolParams = { assetId: z.string().optional().describe("The Cloudinary asset ID"), publicId: z.string().optional().describe("The public ID of the asset"), resourceType: z.enum(["image", "raw", "video"]).optional().describe("Type of asset. Default: image"), type: z.enum(["upload", "private", "authenticated", "fetch", "facebook", "twitter", "gravatar", "youtube", "hulu", "vimeo", "animoto", "worldstarhiphop", "dailymotion", "list"]).optional().describe("Delivery type. Default: upload"), tags: z.boolean().optional().describe("Whether to include the list of tag names. Default: false"), context: z.boolean().optional().describe("Whether to include contextual metadata. Default: false"), metadata: z.boolean().optional().describe("Whether to include structured metadata. Default: false"), }; - src/index.js:57-62 (registration)Registration of the `get-asset` tool on the MCP server instance, specifying name, description, input schema, and handler.
server.tool( "get-asset", "Get the details of a specific file (asset)", getAssetToolParams, getGetAssetTool(cloudinary), ); - src/tools/getCloudinaryTool.js:1-5 (helper)Helper function that curries the raw tool handler to produce a function accepting `cloudinary` instance first, then `params`, matching the expected tool signature.
const getCloudinaryTool = (tool) => { return (cloudinary) => (params) => tool(cloudinary, params); }; export default getCloudinaryTool; - src/utils.js:1-10 (helper)Utility helper to generate standardized error responses for tools, including partial Cloudinary config for debugging.
export const getToolError = (msg, cloudinary) => { const conf = cloudinary.config() return { content: [{ type: "text", text: `${msg} (cloud: ${conf.cloud_name}, key: ${conf.api_key.slice(0,4)}...)`, }], isError: true, }; };