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# Download File

GET https://api.projectmanager.com/api/data/files/{documentId}/download

Downloads the contents of a file that was previously uploaded to ProjectManager.com.
            
ProjectManager allows you to store Files connected to other elements of your Workspace
such as a Project, a Task, or Home.  Files are maintained separately based on the location
where the file was stored.
            
When you upload a File, please allow a few moments for the File to be processed and verified.
ProjectManager may reject File uploads that contain problems such as malware. Once a File has
completed the upload the process, you may retrieve it using the DownloadFile API.
            
If successful, this API returns the file contents as an octet-stream (raw bytes).  If an error
occurs, you will receive a JSON result with error information.

Reference: https://developer.projectmanager.com/api-reference/file/download-file

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `documentId` (string, required) — The unique identifier of the document to download

### Query parameters

- `type` (string, optional) — If you specify a type of `html`, processes the file using text encoding. A type of `inline` displays PDF files in the browser. Otherwise, returns a download.

### Headers

- `x-integration-name` (string, optional) — The name of the calling system passed along as a header parameter

## Response

### 200

Success

- `string`

## Examples

**Response**

```json
"string"
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.projectmanager.com/api/data/files/documentId/download"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.projectmanager.com/api/data/files/documentId/download';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.projectmanager.com/api/data/files/documentId/download"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.projectmanager.com/api/data/files/documentId/download")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.projectmanager.com/api/data/files/documentId/download")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.projectmanager.com/api/data/files/documentId/download', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.projectmanager.com/api/data/files/documentId/download");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.projectmanager.com/api/data/files/documentId/download")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```