---
title: "Download the original expense file"
method: GET
path: "/companies/{company}/purchase-invoices/{purchase_invoice}/file"
tags: ["Purchase Invoices"]
---

# Download the original expense file

`GET /companies/{company}/purchase-invoices/{purchase_invoice}/file`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.factuarea.com/v1`
- URL: `https://api.factuarea.com/v1/companies/{company}/purchase-invoices/{purchase_invoice}/file`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in header `X-API-Key`

Stream the original file attached to the expense when it was uploaded — a PDF or a scanned image (`image/jpeg`, `image/png`), the formats accepted on upload. Returns 404 if no attachment is present.

## Path parameters

- `company` string, uuid, required
- `purchase_invoice` string, uuid, required

## Headers

- `Factuarea-Version` string, date

## Response `200`

## Other responses

- `400`: `parameter_unknown` with `subcode` `retired_active_profile_header`: the retired `X-Active-Profile` header was sent; the company goes in the path. `parameter_invalid_format` on `Factuarea-Version`: the header is not a `YYYY-MM-DD` date. `unsupported_api_version`: the `Factuarea-Version` date is not a supported version.
- `401`: Missing or invalid API key.
- `403`: The request is authenticated but not allowed: the API key lacks the required scope (`insufficient_scope`), the plan does not include the public API or this feature (`addon_not_active`, `feature_not_available_in_plan`), or the module is not available with a test key (`module_not_available_in_sandbox`).
- `404`: The requested resource does not exist or belongs to another company.
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded. Retry after the duration in `Retry-After`.
- `500`: Unexpected server error.

---

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