Get Document by File ID

GET /ws/rest/service/v1/dm/file/download/<file_id>

Purpose

Downloads the contents of a single document based on file ID.

Ensure the following:

Configure the Document Manager in the shell where the document is to be retrieved.
You must have Get permissions to use this REST service of Document Manager.
Create or upload a document/file to download using the file_id.

Specify the following path parameter:

Request Parameter	Required?	Data Type	Description
file_id	Yes	Integer	The file id of the document you want. Use the Get Folders or Documents Metadata by Path REST service to get the file_id value for the document. as a tiff file.

A document file stream object or a failed response displays with a status code in the following format:

{

"data": [],

"message": [],

"status": <REST status code value>

}

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2016 15:35:07 GMT

Transfer-Encoding: chunked

Content-Type: application/octet-stream

Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=Autovue_reply.txt　

<< Contents of the file being downloaded >>

A failed response displays with a status code in the following format:

{

"data":[ ],

"message": [ "File does not exist."],

"status":1069

}

The following validation messages and status codes display in the response when incorrect values are provided in the request.

Field Name	Use-case Scenario	Status Code	Error Message
file_id	file_id is invalid.	1069	File does not exist.