diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.lock b/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.lock
index 40a29d0..3ffed93 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.lock
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.lock
@@ -855,8 +855,8 @@ checksum = "a3e378b66a060d48947b590737b30a1be76706c8dd7b8ba0f2fe3989c68a853f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mediarepo-api"
-version = "0.6.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/Trivernis/mediarepo-api.git?rev=ddebf4bf0c3e96ede64182ff52bd84f134acc33a#ddebf4bf0c3e96ede64182ff52bd84f134acc33a"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/Trivernis/mediarepo-api.git?rev=3275c328fa6ac362f71fc548301b7c7c70725ca8#3275c328fa6ac362f71fc548301b7c7c70725ca8"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "serde",
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/Cargo.lock b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/Cargo.lock
index c7d7bf0..bc5dcde 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/Cargo.lock
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/Cargo.lock
@@ -796,8 +796,8 @@ checksum = "a3e378b66a060d48947b590737b30a1be76706c8dd7b8ba0f2fe3989c68a853f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mediarepo-api"
-version = "0.6.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/Trivernis/mediarepo-api.git?rev=ddebf4bf0c3e96ede64182ff52bd84f134acc33a#ddebf4bf0c3e96ede64182ff52bd84f134acc33a"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/Trivernis/mediarepo-api.git?rev=3275c328fa6ac362f71fc548301b7c7c70725ca8#3275c328fa6ac362f71fc548301b7c7c70725ca8"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "serde",
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/Cargo.toml b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/Cargo.toml
index 242db0e..beca3fd 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ features = ["tokio-executor"]
 
 [dependencies.mediarepo-api]
 git = "https://github.com/Trivernis/mediarepo-api.git"
-rev = "ddebf4bf0c3e96ede64182ff52bd84f134acc33a"
\ No newline at end of file
+rev = "3275c328fa6ac362f71fc548301b7c7c70725ca8"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/namespaces/files.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/namespaces/files.rs
index 8ad1ba4..773a7de 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/namespaces/files.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/namespaces/files.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use mediarepo_api::types::files::{
     GetFileThumbnailOfSizeRequest, GetFileThumbnailsRequest, ReadFileRequest, SortDirection,
     SortKey, ThumbnailMetadataResponse, UpdateFileNameRequest,
 };
+use mediarepo_api::types::identifier::FileIdentifier;
 use mediarepo_core::error::RepoError;
 use mediarepo_core::itertools::Itertools;
 use mediarepo_core::rmp_ipc::prelude::*;
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ impl NamespaceProvider for FilesNamespace {
     fn register<S: AsyncProtocolStream>(handler: &mut EventHandler<S>) {
         events!(handler,
             "all_files" => Self::all_files,
+            "get_file" => Self::get_file,
             "find_files" => Self::find_files,
             "add_file" => Self::add_file,
             "read_file" => Self::read_file,
@@ -57,6 +59,20 @@ impl FilesNamespace {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// Returns a file by id
+    #[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
+    async fn get_file<S: AsyncProtocolStream>(ctx: &Context<S>, event: Event) -> IPCResult<()> {
+        let id = event.data::<FileIdentifier>()?;
+        let repo = get_repo_from_context(ctx).await;
+        let file = file_by_identifier(id, &repo).await?;
+        let response = FileMetadataResponse::from_model(file);
+        ctx.emitter
+            .emit_response_to(event.id(), Self::name(), "get_file", response)
+            .await?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     /// Searches for files by tags
     #[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
     async fn find_files<S: AsyncProtocolStream>(ctx: &Context<S>, event: Event) -> IPCResult<()> {