Using your own model | laravel-medialibrary | Spatie

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  Laravel Media Library
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- [ Introduction ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v3/introduction)
- [ Postcardware ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v3/postcardware)
- [ Requirements ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v3/requirements)
- [ Installation & setup ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v3/installation-setup)
- [ Questions and issues ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v3/questions-issues)
- [ Changelog ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v3/changelog)

Basic usage
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- [ Preparing your model ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v3/basic-usage/preparing-your-model)
- [ Associating files ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v3/basic-usage/associating-files)
- [ Retrieving media ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v3/basic-usage/retrieving-media)
- [ Working with collections ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v3/basic-usage/working-with-collections)

Converting images
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- [ Defining conversions ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v3/converting-images/defining-conversions)
- [ Retrieving converted images ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v3/converting-images/retrieving-converted-images)
- [ Regenerating images ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v3/converting-images/regenerating-images)

Advanced usage
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- [ Working with multiple filesystems ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v3/advanced-usage/working-with-multiple-filesystems)
- [ Storing media specific manipulations ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v3/advanced-usage/storing-media-specific-manipulations)
- [ Using your own model ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v3/advanced-usage/using-your-own-model)
- [ Using a custom directory structure ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v3/advanced-usage/using-a-custom-directory-structure)
- [ Consuming events ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v3/advanced-usage/consuming-events)
- [ Generating custom urls ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v3/advanced-usage/generating-custom-urls)
- [ Adding custom properties ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v3/advanced-usage/adding-custom-properties)

API
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- [ Adding files ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v3/api/adding-files)
- [ Defining conversions ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v3/api/defining-conversions)

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 `                                    composer show spatie/laravel-medialibrary                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    `

Using your own model
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A custom model can be used in version 3.4.0 and higher. This allows you to add your own fields, add relationships and so on.

The easiest way to use your own custom model would be to extend the default `Spatie\MediaLibrary\Media`-class. Here's an example:

```
namespace YourApp\Models;
use Spatie\MediaLibrary\Media as BaseMedia;

class Media extends BaseMedia