Create a media upload collection

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Enable file uploads and capture accessible metadata in a dedicated media collection.

Use this when

• let editors upload images
• create a media library
• store uploaded files
• add image uploads to my project

Dyrected concepts

upload, StorageAdapter, media

Additional packages: No additional packages.

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Complete recipe

This is the canonical source compiled and behavior-tested by @dyrected/knowledge.

import { defineCollection, defineTextField, defineTextareaField } from "@dyrected/core";

export const Media = defineCollection({
  slug: "media",
  upload: {
    allowedMimeTypes: ["image/jpeg", "image/png", "image/webp"],
    maxFileSize: 10 * 1024 * 1024,
  },
  fields: [
    defineTextField({ name: "alt", label: "Alternative text", required: true }),
    defineTextareaField({ name: "caption", label: "Caption" }),
  ],
});