Files

Get a file by ID

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This endpoint retrieves full metadata for a specific File identified by its assetId. This includes file attributes such as name, type, creation details, and permissions.

NOTE:

  • The file must exist and the requester must have at least read-level access.
  • If the file is not found or access is denied, appropriate error responses will be returned.
  • Discarded files can be retrieved using this endpoint.
  • If the file exists, but the requester does not have the requisite permissions:
    • The API will behave as if the file does not exist.
    • It will return a 404 Not Found response, even though the asset technically exists in the system.
get/files/{assetId}

Request

  • Base URL: https://cloudstorage.adobe.io/v1
  • URL: https://cloudstorage.adobe.io/v1/files/{assetId}
  • Auth: HTTP bearer

Path parameters

assetIdstring required

A globally unique identifier for the asset

Example:urn:aaid:sc:US:4f2fc15c-c062-4951-b37b-1f65ed62a174

The ID of the asset to get.

Headers

x-request-idstring
Example:1234567890

The X-Request-Id header is used to identify a request.
It can be used to correlate logs and other resources and is intended to be a non-persistent identifier.

Response

Success - Retrieved information about the file

assetIdstring required

A globally unique identifier for the asset

namestring required

Human-readable name of the asset

createdDatestring date-time
modifiedDatestring date-time
createdBystring

The Unique ID for the principal in the system

modifiedBystring

The Unique ID for the principal in the system

pathstring

The path of the asset from the parent collection.

ancestorsAssetId[]

Ordered list of ancestor asset IDs (first is immediate parent).

state'active' | 'deleted' | 'deleted_parent'

Current state of the asset

assetTypestring required
mediaTypestring required

The MIME type of the file

sizeinteger required

Size of the file in bytes

Example response

{
  "assetId": "urn:aaid:sc:US:4f2fc15c-c062-4951-b37b-1f65ed62a174",
  "name": "My Asset",
  "createdDate": "2021-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  "modifiedDate": "2021-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  "createdBy": "08D81E3B665BE5640A495C2C@AdobeOrg",
  "modifiedBy": "08D81E3B665BE5640A495C2C@AdobeOrg",
  "path": "/My Project/My Folder/My Asset",
  "ancestors": [
    "urn:aaid:sc:US:4f2fc15c-c062-4951-b37b-1f65ed62a174",
    "urn:aaid:sc:US:4f2fc15c-c062-4951-b37b-1f65ed62a175",
    "urn:aaid:sc:US:4f2fc15c-c062-4951-b37b-1f65ed62a176"
  ],
  "mediaType": "image/jpeg",
  "size": 1048576
}

Changes

  • 240b6278279cRevision changes
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      added the new resource_too_large enum value to the response property for the response status

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      added the new resource_too_large enum value to the response property for the response status

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      removed the discarded enum value from the / response property for the response status

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      removed the discarded_parent enum value from the / response property for the response status