diff --git a/actions/media.md b/actions/media.md
index e254c61..6262126 100644
--- a/actions/media.md
+++ b/actions/media.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     *Sample result*:
     ```json
     {
-        "result": null,
+        "result": "_hello.txt",
         "error": null
     }
     ```
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     *Sample result*:
     ```json
     {
-        "result": null,
+        "result": "_hello.txt",
         "error": null
     }
     ```
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     *Sample result*:
     ```json
     {
-        "result": null,
+        "result": "_hello.txt",
         "error": null
     }
     ```
diff --git a/actions/notes.md b/actions/notes.md
index 593b5b7..bd6d724 100644
--- a/actions/notes.md
+++ b/actions/notes.md
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@
 
     AnkiConnect can download audio, video, and picture files and embed them in newly created notes. The corresponding `audio`, `video`, and `picture` note members are
     optional and can be omitted. If you choose to include any of them, they should contain a single object or an array of objects
-    with mandatory `url` and `filename` fields. The `skipHash` field can be optionally provided to skip the inclusion of
-    downloaded files with an MD5 hash that matches the provided value. This is useful for avoiding the saving of error
-    pages and stub files. The `fields` member is a list of fields that should play audio or video, or show a picture when the card is displayed in
+    with the mandatory `filename` field and one of `data`, `path` or `url`. Refer to the documentation of `storeMediaFile` for an explanation of these fields.
+    The `skipHash` field can be optionally provided to skip the inclusion of files with an MD5 hash that matches the provided value.
+    This is useful for avoiding the saving of error pages and stub files.
+    The `fields` member is a list of fields that should play audio or video, or show a picture when the card is displayed in
     Anki. The `allowDuplicate` member inside `options` group can be set to true to enable adding duplicate cards.
     Normally duplicate cards can not be added and trigger exception.
 
@@ -453,4 +454,4 @@
         "error": null
     }
     ```
-    
\ No newline at end of file
+    
diff --git a/plugin/__init__.py b/plugin/__init__.py
index 4eef76b..8c8d7cd 100644
--- a/plugin/__init__.py
+++ b/plugin/__init__.py
@@ -484,22 +484,32 @@ class AnkiConnect:
 
 
     @util.api()
-    def storeMediaFile(self, filename, data=None, path=None, url=None):
+    def storeMediaFile(self, filename, data=None, path=None, url=None, skipHash=None):
         if data:
             self.deleteMediaFile(filename)
-            self.media().writeData(filename, base64.b64decode(data))
+            mediaData = base64.b64decode(data)
         elif path:
             self.deleteMediaFile(filename)
             with open(path, 'rb') as f:
-                data = f.read()
-            self.media().writeData(filename, data)
+                mediaData = f.read()
         elif url:
             self.deleteMediaFile(filename)
-            downloadedData = util.download(url)
-            self.media().writeData(filename, downloadedData)
+            mediaData = util.download(url)
         else:
             raise Exception('You must either provide a "data" or a "url" field.')
 
+        if skipHash is None:
+            skip = False
+        else:
+            m = hashlib.md5()
+            m.update(data)
+            skip = skipHash == m.hexdigest()
+
+        if skip:
+            return None
+        return self.media().writeData(filename, mediaData)
+
+
     @util.api()
     def retrieveMediaFile(self, filename):
         filename = os.path.basename(filename)
@@ -558,17 +568,13 @@ class AnkiConnect:
         for media in mediaList:
             if media is not None and len(media['fields']) > 0:
                 try:
-                    data = util.download(media['url'])
-                    skipHash = media.get('skipHash')
-                    if skipHash is None:
-                        skip = False
-                    else:
-                        m = hashlib.md5()
-                        m.update(data)
-                        skip = skipHash == m.hexdigest()
+                    mediaFilename = self.storeMediaFile(media['filename'],
+                                                        data=media.get('data'),
+                                                        path=media.get('path'),
+                                                        url=media.get('url'),
+                                                        skipHash=media.get('skipHash'))
 
-                    if not skip:
-                        mediaFilename = self.media().writeData(media['filename'], data)
+                    if mediaFilename is not None:
                         for field in media['fields']:
                             if field in ankiNote:
                                 if mediaType is util.MediaType.Picture: